If you’re reading this and have children, there’s a good chance you have bought pictures from this company. Lifetouch Photography is facing backlash across the country from parents after it was revealed that the financial firm that owns Lifetouch is controlled by Leon Black, who had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The new revelation has led some schools to drop the company from taking pictures of their students. The Daily Caller reported more on Lifetouch and Epstein’s connection: Parents across the country have urged legislators to cut ties with school photo giant Lifetouch after the Epstein files renewed attention on Leon Black, a billionaire financier with documented ties to Jeffrey Epstein whose firm owns Lifetouch’s parent company. Black, the cofounder and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, paid Epstein $158 million for tax and estate planning advice between 2012 and 2017, according to an investigation commissioned by Apollo. Apollo owns Shutterfly, Lifetouch’s parent company, through a 2019 acquisition. Epstein also served as director of Black’s family foundation from 1997 until 2007, according to the foundation, though his name continued to appear on its tax filings until 2012. Schools all over the U.S. are cancelling picture day due to Leon Black, the co-founder of the parent company that owns Lifetouch, being listed in the Epstein Files. A MoveOn petition titled “End Lifetouch Contracts With USA Public Schools Immediately and Demand Our Kids’ Data” has received over 4,100 signatures. The petition is addressed to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and others. Schools all over the U.S. are cancelling picture day due to Leon Black, the co-founder of the parent company that owns Lifetouch, being listed in the Epstein Files. Lifetouch is the biggest school picture company in America and photographs millions of kids every year. pic.twitter.com/QnWTKeA1Vg — Pubity (@pubity) February 12, 2026 AP reported Lifetouch’s response to the new revelation: Some school districts in the U.S. dropped plans for class pictures after widespread social media posts linked a billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein to the photography giant Lifetouch, which on Friday called the claims “completely false.” The disruption to school picture plans in Texas and elsewhere began after online posts linked Lifetouch, which photographs millions of students each year, to the investment fund manager Apollo Global Management. Apollo’s former CEO is billionaire investor Leon Black, who met regularly with Epstein and was advised by Epstein on financial matters. Black led the company in 2019, when funds managed by Apollo bought Lifetouch’s parent company, Shutterfly. The $2.7 billion deal closed in September 2019 — a month after Epstein’s death by suicide behind bars as he awaited trial over allegations from federal prosecutors that he sexually abused and trafficked dozens of girls. Both Lifetouch and Apollo noted that timeline in statements Friday, two days after Lifetouch CEO Ken Murphy said in an Instagram post that neither Black nor any of Apollo’s directors or investors ever had any access to Lifetouch photos.