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Michael Jackson, Jimmy Safechuck and I - the first of two photos we posed for. This photo was retaken immediately because Michael turned to me and said he had blinked his eyes and suggested we take another, which I thought was very nice of him. He didn't have to say anything, but I suppose he knew I would be disappointed later when the picture was developed that his eyes were closed. The second photo is here: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/210431823">www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/210431823</a>

This photo was taken at night around the pool area at the Kahala Hilton Hotel in early February 1988. This was four years after Michael's scalp was burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial, two years after he was diagnosd with vitiligo, a skin condition, one month before he finalized the purchase of the land that would become Neverland, and four months before he began sexually molesting Safechuck according to the documentary Leaving Neverland.

By the way, I have seen the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland and I believe Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck. Others feel differently.

Note: Permission granted for anyone to publish or post this photo anywhere. Please credit "Photo courtesy of Alan Light" if you can. Thanks.
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