Hmm - rather than identity, I suspect it was more of a marketing trope. I associate this genre of photo with the photo-shoots with Gates, Jobs and others. All

Hmm - rather than identity, I suspect it was more of a marketing trope. I associate this genre of photo with the photo-shoots with Gates, Jobs and others. All the interviews and full page ads in the 80s 90s had variations of sitting/lying on desks, hugging CRT monitors or the classic folded-arms lean on a CRT from behind. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/97/ed/dd97ed2a239c725ebe57e60b48499a66.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/97/ed/dd97ed2a239c725ebe57... https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/b1/3a/13b13a8c0bc7ee256b37f5d8c99af464.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/b1/3a/13b13a8c0bc7ee256b37... https://wolfsheadonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Nolan-Bushnell-Atari.jpg https://wolfsheadonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Nolan... https://alchetron.com/cdn/dan-bricklin-6a3581d7-0d8c-4413-910b-54042b8d684-resize-750.jpg https://alchetron.com/cdn/dan-bricklin-6a3581d7-0d8c-4413-91... I don't recall old-school blogs doing this or really having author photos at all (photos on that bandwidth/hosting?!) but I imagine whenever a blogger was interviewed for print media they would lean on the "computer person" standards.