MASTERS PHOTOS

        Philippe Halsman was born of Russian, but became an American photographer during the early 1940s. He moved to New York. He was known for taking pictures of very known people in history: Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Walt Disney, the Ford Family. Halsman was known for his jumping photographs, that he made into his own book, based on "jumpology". He took photographs jumping and not jumping, but showed the real selves while on the ground, and a type of self he brings out of them when they jump, where the mask falls off and the real person appears. Halsman followed many rules like "having an unusual feature", "having a direct approach", "having a missing feature", and other unique qualities within his photographs.

     Our group was inspired by his Jumpology photographs where various moves are made in the air. We chose to duplicate some specific pictures. One for instance, there was two guys jumping into the air holding each other with expression full faces; Our interpretation was having Mayra and I jump holding hands rather than each other. Another specific photo we chose to duplicate was the man who had a chill face barely lifting off the floor, and our rendition included Darnell with Chris, on the phone barely lifting off the floor toward each other. In that picture we included Halsman's unusual feature rule.

 

The link to my website: Favorite Photograph