![Edward Steichen, ca 1960 -by Philippe Halsman [+] [+]
from ICP](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqm0g4sGs1qcl8ymo1_1280.jpg)
![Helmar Lerski, [Zürich], 1950s -by Philippe Halsman [+]
[see also some works chez yama-bato]
from swan](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkaez0YSi41qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
![Elie Wiesel, New York, 1969 -by Philippe Halsman [+]
Notwithstanding my doubts about language, and perhaps because of them, I plunge deeper and deeper into the whirlwind of the words I try to capture and tame. I cling to the notion that in the beginning there was the word; and that the word is the story of man; and that man is the story of God. If praying is an act of faith in God, then writing is a token of trust in man.—Elie Wiesel, in ‘And the sea is never full: Memoirs II 1969- ” (Knopf, 1999)
photo from heritage](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxxbdeQjYP1qcl8ymo1_1280.jpg)
Elie Wiesel, New York, 1969 -by Philippe Halsman [+]
Notwithstanding my doubts about language, and perhaps because of them, I plunge deeper and deeper into the whirlwind of the words I try to capture and tame. I cling to the notion that in the beginning there was the word; and that the word is the story of man; and that man is the story of God. If praying is an act of faith in God, then writing is a token of trust in man.
—Elie Wiesel, in ‘And the sea is never full: Memoirs II 1969- ” (Knopf, 1999)
photo from heritage
Philippe Halsman, Self-Portrait, 1979
from freeman
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© Philippe Halsman, ca. 1951, Portrait of Marc Chagall
This one is, again, especially for Monsieur Chagalov. Thanks for your help!
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.” (Marc Chagall)
Marc Chagall, New York, 1943 -by Philippe Halsman
via heritage
Winston Churchill, Chartwell, 1955 -by Philippe Halsman
According to Halsman, the image was taken with Churchill’s back to the camera, because the politician just for the fun refused to be photographed from the front. Halsman brought this game to an end in deciding to accept the fact that there would only be a picture of Churchill’s back amidst the idyllic English landscape. Finally this shot became more famous than the portrait that was chosen for the title page of Life magazine.
(notice from Westlicht catalogue)
via westlicht
Marc Chagall, 1950 -by Philippe Halsman
via fineart
Dame Edith Sitwell, 1937 -by Philippe Halsman
Dame Edith Sitwell photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1937, gelatin silver print, via IMA
Marc Chagall and Pablo Picasso, St. Paul de Vence, 1955 -by Philippe Halsman
via artnet
Pablo Casals under the umbrella, ca 1966 -by Philippe Halsman
via GV
![How’s Business? Salvador Dalí, 1954 by Philippe Halsman
billyjane:
more Dali from frenchtwist:]
How’s Business? Salvador Dalí by Philippe Halsman, 1954](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7xjf459861qaxnilo1_500.jpg)
How’s Business? Salvador Dalí, 1954 by Philippe Halsman
more Dali from frenchtwist:]
How’s Business? Salvador Dalí by Philippe Halsman, 1954
