Philippe halsman

Marilyn Monroe in mid-air, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis goofing off, the Duke of Windsor in his socks, and Salvador Dalí nose to nose with a rhino – Halsman’s freaky frames defied gravity and convention

In the 1950’s, photographer Philippe Halsman captured some of the era’s greatest icons in a setup that defied the expectations of both their stature and the portraiture genre: Jumping.

Dali 1948 by Philippe Halsman

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‘Women forming a skull’ was created in 1951 by Salvador Dali in Surrealism style. Find more prominent pieces of symbolic painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

The Birds

Philippe Halsman captured everyone from screen sirens Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn to authors Aldous Huxley and John Steinbeck suspended in mid-air.

Alfred Hitchcock posing for the cover of LIFE Magazine. USA. 1962. © Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos

From a moody Marilyn to a demonic Dali, you weren’t a big shot until you were immortalised by a Magnum photographer. To mark its 70th birthday, the agency opens up its archive to Event.

Phillipe Halsman - recreation inspiration. Broad light from the left. Maybe a reflector or kicker from the right to minimize shadow. Hand looks pretty well lit on all sides. Yet nice a dark under brim of hat.