My journey ends here...
HALSMAN Philip
Date of birth : May 2, 1906, Riga,
Latvia.
Date of death: June 25, 1979, New York.
Practise: photographer.
Portrait :
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Story
He belonged to the most original portrait photographer and most inventive of the 20th century.
He studied electrotechnics in Dresde, before turning towards photography.
He settled in Paris in 1928 and became portraitist and a free-lance fashion photographer.
In 1940,
he emigrated to the USA where he did many works for Life magazine
In this serie appeared this subtle and spiritual humor that would be found in his whole production.
He worked during 30 years with the surrealist painter Salvador Dali on different projects in which the photographer communted the painter ideas in the language of his own medium.
Dali
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Link with
Marilyn
He made several picture sessions with Marilyn.
The first time, in 1949 for Life magazine dated October 10, 1949 (
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and an article about the novice starlets entitled "How 8 girls express
their feelings"; they were asked to express their feelings in 4
different situations :
facing a monster (
), with a delicious beverage (
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), listening to a good
joke (
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) and receiving a kiss from a lover (
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Other :
On April 7, 1952, Marilyn made her first cover of Life magazine.
She wore a white dress and the picture had a great sensuality.
The pictures had been made at her home, in January 1952 at the Beverly
Carlton Hotel. Philip Halsman.
Black négligé :
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Other négligé :
Bathsuit top :
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Interview :
White dress :
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Red dress :
Life magazine :
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Hollywood :
contact sheets:
in the street :
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at the drive-in :
Publicity department :
arrival
make-up
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lying down
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with a glass
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lunch
other
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departure
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1954
Black top, red skirt :
portrait
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full body
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Life magazine:
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After several attempts and many years, Halsman managed to obtain from Marilyn a project he took to heart : to take pictures of her while jumping, because he thought that this way, people express a big part of their personality.
Marilyn agreed in 1959 : she is seen jumping with squeezed arms and clenched fists.She was on the cover of Life magazine on November 9, 1959 :
Black dress :
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Red dress :
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Other personalities :
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Bibliography
"Philip Halsman's Jump Book". New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.
Halsman Philippe "Jump" 1986 Harry N Abrams Publishers isbn
0-8109-2338-6.
Halsman Philippe "Retrospective" 1998 Editions du Collectionneur ISBN 2-909450-48-1.
Wikipedia
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
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