Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, Ed van der Elsken, 1960
gelatin silver print, h 241mm × w 161mm
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© @Ed van der Elsken
What the letters Ej stand for remains unknown. Perhaps Van der Elsken was simply trying out different markers on this print, as we all do sometimes on a piece of paper. The scribble at the top also points in that direction.