‘Yes, that’s Jeffrey Epstein’: Photographer Chropher Anderson releases never-before-seen photos | World News

After making headlines in 2025 for his widely discussed White House photo shoot, photographer Chropher Anderson has now released a set of previously unseen photographs of Jeffrey Epstein.
The photographer shared the Epstein images on Instagram along with a detailed anecdote that offers insight into Epstein’s behaviour and the environment he operated in. While much of what Anderson describes reflects on reporting that has emerged in recent years, particularly after the release of Epstein-related files and multiple Netflix documentaries, the post provides first-hand perspective.
Jeffrey Epstein shot Chropher Anderson in one of Epstein’s offices. (Instagram)
The photographs, shot in Anderson’s signature style, include mixed frames and tight headshots. The first image is a black-and-white close-up of Epstein’s face, followed photographs of him in his office and surrounding spaces. Anderson’s caption begins bluntly: “Yes, that’s Jeffrey Epstein,” before describing an encounter in which he claims Epstein later threatened him.

According to Anderson, he was assigned the shoot in 2015 Jody Quon of New York magazine, for an article written journal Michael Wolff. At the time, Anderson said he knew little about Epstein beyond his connections to powerful men.
In his caption, Anderson wrote that Epstein insed on meeting him before the shoot to discuss purchasing the photographs after publication. He described being let into Epstein’s home a young woman with an Eastern European accent, whom he later saw setting up a massage table in a room adjacent to one of Epstein’s offices. She was followed Epstein’s longtime private secretary, Lesley Groff.

Anderson said Epstein immediately began questioning him about how the shoot would proceed and how much the photographs were worth. “He said he didn’t want anyone else to have the pictures after the magazine published them, and offered me $20,000 to own them after publication,” Anderson wrote.

“At the time, it was all the money in the world to me,” he added. “I had a young family and was living month to month.” Anderson said Epstein wrote a personal cheque and handed it to him, noting that the magazine had already approved such an arrangement, with the condition that Epstein would not see the photographs until after publication.
The image shows a printed email exchange between Epstein and a royal government office regarding payments involving the Duke and Duchess. (Instagram)
However, Anderson claims that after the shoot, Epstein abruptly withdrew from the story and began demanding the photographs. “I reiterated that the pictures were not his until after publication,” Anderson wrote. “Then the threats started.”Story continues below this ad
He further alleged that Epstein sent a “massive” bodyguard named Merwin, dressed in a long black overcoat and leather gloves, to Anderson’s studio. “It worked,” Anderson wrote.
According to the photographer, he eventually cashed the cheque and surrendered the hard drive to Merwin, who ensured that no additional copies of the images exed.

A stuffed tiger at Epstein’s residence. (Instagram)
Anderson said he recently rediscovered the photographs on an old hard drive. The images include a formal portrait of Epstein, photographs of him working in two different offices inside the house including one featuring a stuffed tiger as well as close-ups of his desk. One image shows a printed email exchange between Epstein and a royal government office regarding payments involving the Duke and Duchess.