#philippe halsman

[gatabella]

Brigitte Bardot by Philippe Halsman, early 1950s

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed at her apartment by Philippe Halsman (1952)

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1952.

[las-microfisuras]

Robert Oppenheimer

Philippe Halsman, 1958.

[citizenscreen]

Birthday remembrance - Dame Elizabeth Taylor

Photographed by Philippe Halsman for LIFE Magazine in October 1948.

[joeinct]

Dali with lens, backstage at the CBS Morning Show, NYC, Photo by Philippe Halsman. 1959

[gracie-bird]

Grace Kelly by Phillippe Halsman (1954)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Sophia Loren (1955)

[missnormajeanes]

Marilyn Monroe at Mel's Drive-In

photo by Philippe Halsman

[aphroditeslover11]

Today I discovered a mid-century photographer called Philippe Halsman who photographed the famous people of his era, from Richard Nixon to Marilyn Monroe. At the end of his sessions he would ask the person to jump into the air for a picture, believing that this would cause them to drop their pretenses and public persona, leaving him with a picture of the real person as they made their leap. He called this ‘jumpology’.

This is the photo he took of Robert Oppenheimer in 1958, possibly the most free and unreserved image of him that I’ve ever seen.

[eirene]

Georgia O’Keeffe at home in Abiquiú, New Mexico, 1948.

Photographer: Philippe Halsman

[gatabella]

Rita Hayworth by Philippe Halsman, 1943

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman (1952).

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1952.

[lostattheedge]

Photography by Philippe Halsman

[las-microfisuras]

Philippe Halsman

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1948