Of all the records of Prince Andrew's scandals, one of the most relevant is THAT photo with
Virginia Giuffre at Ghislaine Maxwell's house.
This video is a summary of the full analysis I did live, and I will walk you through the
exact same steps I follow every time I'm analyzing a picture so you can apply them when extracting
the details of any photograph.
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You might think that analyzing a photo is relatively easy compared to a video, but in
fact it's more like a different category.
And there are so many variables that it could be a bit overwhelming at first, so I strongly
recommend to start with a question that might sound a bit odd or counterintuitive at first:
Who is the person behind the camera?
Yeah, the first thing you have to think about is not body language, or proximity, or facial
expressions... none of that.
The first thing is WHO took the picture.
And the reason why is that this is a very precise questtion that triggers the system
of the whole analysis.
In this case, we can make a very good guess that the picture was taken by Jeffrey Epstein
himself.
In fact, most of the images that you can find online are cropped versions of the original
where you can see Epstein's finger on the right.
And why is the photographer so important? because the next step is is the scaffold where
you are going to put all the body language clues.
And that scaffold, or structure, is the question, "how did all these people get to this place
and time".
Any picture is just a snapshot of time and space.
There are events that happened before it was taken and events after that.
At first you should focus on the previous steps that led to that point.
Well, it seems at first sight that none of them were forced to be there.
With that first impression, without detailing body language or facial expressions, it seems
that all of them were OK with being at Maxwell's house.
Now, this is the point where you make a full stop and try to let your intuition kick in.
Just remember that intuition works in a non rational way.
The moment that you try to rationalize it, is the moment that you begin to lose that
power.
But that first hunch is important.
After you give yourself a few seconds to just stare at the people in the picture, then comes
the fun part:
Analyzing body language.
But this analysis has a golden rule, and it's that you have to go from the general to the
specific.
The very first step is to see, in your mind, just the general perimenter of their bodies.
Like you're cutting with scissors on paper just their silouhette.
Those extremely basic shapes will give you an idea of two things: first, how are the
body weights distributed over the frame, which means who's leaning towards whom, and second
most important is the proximity between the actual bodies.
If you have any image processing software, I suggest you color every person in the picture,
trying to add contrast between the adjacent ones.
In this case, and to help you see the details of their body language, I've colored the Duke
of York blue and Virginia orange.
We can see that there is close proximity between the bodies, and this kind of distance is called
intimate distance for obvious reasons.
They're less than 45 centimeters, or 18 inches apart.
Both bodies are almost perfectly fitted one against the other, the line of Virginia's
body fits Prince Andrew's line to a T, so that further confirms that they felt comfortable
together.
You can also see that Virginia has a leaning posture towards him, so in one way or another,
at that exact point in time she felt at ease near him.
Also, notice that Maxwell is towards the back room, leaning on the door frame and... we
can say that she's trying to step back from the photo that was being taken.
So that attitude tells you that the main protagonists of the photo are the Duke of York and Virginia.
But then, why didn't just take the time to take a picture with just the two of them?
And that's when you begin to form a hypothesis of what is the probable story of this exact
moment.
There are at least three signals that this photo was taken really spontaneously, maybe
to not give them much time to react.
First, the fact that Epstein's thumb or finger entered the frame is relevant, because most
cameras, even disposable ones, have their lens in the middle of the camera body, so
it's not that easy to get your fingers inside the frame.
That could be a signal that he didn't take too long to shot properly.
That he just took out the camera, said "smile", and pushed the button.
Another hint is that the original, uncropped photo the frame is slightly slanted.
That is something that almost everyone does automatically, that you're going to take a
picture and unconsciously you level the camera, especially if there are so many points of
reference like the walls, the ceiling and the doorframe.
Maybe Epstein was shooting without using the viewframe.
But the strongest signal that this photo was taken really quick, is that when you zoom
in Virginia's left hand, you notice that it is not resting on her hip.
I mean, her posture and her arm makes you think that her hand is resting there, but
it's not.
That's another signal of the photo being taken really quick, before she was reade.
And again, the two protagonists were Prince Andrew and Virginia, that's why Guislaine
was leaning away from them.
Then why not take a few seconds to get her outside the frame?
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you can download right in the description of this video.
The fact that reading the photo tells us that this was a really quick take makes you wonder
if this could have something to do with the fact that Epstein's house in New York was
rigged with cameras from top to bottom, but in this particular situation it was at Guislaine's
place so... maybe Epstein wanted suggessted to take a picture to have proof of the moment.
And it's not that far fetched to think that the kind of videos recorded, and photos taken,
by any means, would have helped him with coercion or extortion or simply forcing everyone to
shut up about what was going behind closed doors at those places.
Even if Virginia supposedly wanted a picture for her mother or grandmother, we can't be
sure if it could have been suggested by Epstein.
And Prince Andrew's posture is really defensive.
He's a bit hunched, he's covering his groin with his hand and his smile is not genuine,
since there's not enough push of the cheeks to his eyes.
And now that we've been talking about their hands, there's also the fact that their embrace
was full, because they were grabbing each other's waists.
Guislaine's hands mimic her attitude and posture, trying to cover her own groin, a classic defensive
gesture and trying to not be present in that "proof" that was being taken in a matter of
seconds.
Now, the Duke of York has claimed that he has no recollection of this, that this photo
may, or may not, be doctored, and well... you already know what he said in that disastrous
interview that you can check here.
There are other details that you should be aware beyond proximity, attitudes and body
language.
You should always make sure the image that you are looking at is not flipped, like a
mirror.
In this case, the only clue that we can use to confirm it's NOT flipped, is Prince Andrew's
shirt buttons.
With a slight brightness and contrast adjustments we can confirm that the shirt has the buttons
on his right, which is custom for men's clothing.
And speaking of which, what do you think about their clothing?
I'd love to read your opinion in the comments.
But what I wanted to show you with this analysis is how important, when you're looking at just
a photograph, understand the full dynamics between the people that appear both in front
and behind the camera, and what brought them together up to that moment.
Just remember that your intuition is the first tool you have, is the first impression you're
going to get from any image or video, and you should make good use of it everytime.
With practice, it will become second nature.
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