Elizabeth Holmes' most famous photo started with a simple request from a photographer
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Photographer Ethan Pines looks back on shooting the now iconic photo of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in 2014.
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The iconic 2014 photo of Elizabeth Holmes shot by Ethan Pines.Ethan Pines/Forbes Collection/Contour by Getty ImagesEthan Pines shot Elizabeth Holmes for a Forbes cover story in 2014.The photo of Holmes holding a blood vial has become synonymous with the disgraced Theranos founder.Pines spoke to Business Insider about meeting Holmes and his thoughts on "You Can See Everything."As photographer Ethan Pines drove to the Theranos offices in Silicon Valley, all he could think about was how to make his shoot with its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, stand out.It was 2014, and the hype around Holmes' health technology company, which boasted it could run hundreds of medical and diagnostic tests using only a few drops of blood, had hit its zenith. The 30-year-old Holmes was on the verge of becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire with a net worth of $4.5 billion.Pines had photographed CEOs before, and he was racking his brain for ways to make the visuals for Holmes' Forbes cover story…