Philippe Halsman, who had 101 LIFE covers to his credit when he died in 1979, felt a portrait that did not show psychological insight was “an empty likeness” of its subject.
Rolleiflex in hand and tongue in cheek, he invented his own Rorschach test – “jumpology” – and talked his subjects into becoming airborne in the interest of science.
Richard Nixon, Aldous Huxley, Marilyn Monroe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are among the celebrities he launches into orbit.
Rolleiflex in hand and tongue in cheek, he invented his own Rorschach test – “jumpology” – and talked his subjects into becoming airborne in the interest of science.
Richard Nixon, Aldous Huxley, Marilyn Monroe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are among the celebrities he launches into orbit.
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| Marilyn Monroe and Philippe Halsman, 1954 |
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| The Cat Girl, Lilly Christine, 1953 |
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| Duke & Dutchess of Windsor, 1956 |
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| Grace Kelly, 1959 |
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| Richard Nixon, 1955 |
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| Eva Marie Saint, 1954 |
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| Dick Clark, 1952 |
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| Dianna Dorrs, 1956 |
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| Professor J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1958 |
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| Dali with three girls, 1949 |
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| Weegee, 1961 |
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| Edward Steichen, 1955 |
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| Mike Wallace, 1957 |
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| Marilyn Monroe, 1959 |
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| Lena Horne, 1954 |
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| Murray Kempton, 1956 |
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| Tamara Toumanova, 1953 |
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| Sophia Loren, 1959 |
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| Aldous Huxley, 1958 |
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| Brigitte Bardot, 1951 |
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| Danny Kaye, 1954 |
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| Benny Goodman, 1957 |
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| Gisele MacKenzie, 1956 |
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| Harold Lloyd, 1950 |
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| Jackie Gleason, 1955 |
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| Edward Villela, 1961 |
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| Janet Leigh, 1951 |
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| Jean Seberg with cat, 1959 |
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| Adam Clayton Powell, 1959 |
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| Ed Sullivan, 1955 |
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| Donald O'Connor, 1952 |
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| Jayne Mansfield, 1953 |
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| Audrey Hepburn, 1955 |
A great selection of images that reveal a great deal about the photographer and the subjects. Thanks for putting them together.
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