Philippe Halsman was born in 1906 in Riga, Latvia. He spent the early years of his career in Paris doing portrait photography for know fashion magazines, but later moved and continued to work in New York. He is known for his long-time collaboration with artist Salvador Dali and his portraits of other know figures including Albert Einstein. (Halsman Archive, 2015)
An image of a man with an open mouth and an atomic bomb explosion coming out.
Additional Artworks
From Colorado Photographic Arts Center
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Vivian Keulards
Dear Noortje (2011) (series: 80439, Bloody Mary and Sloppy Joe), 2011
Pigmented ink print
15 x 12 in
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Peter Brown
cYellow Road, Sand Hills, Nebraska, 2004
Digital C Print
14 x 11 in
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Roger R. Mengert
Cylinders, 1976
Gelatin Silver Print
17 x 13.5 in
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Hamilton C. Cosby
Country Pie, 1975
Black and White photograph
13 x 9 in
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Philippe Halsman
Dali's Skull, 1970
Archival Gelatin Silver Print
13.25 x 10.75 in
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Ken Heyman
Dancer Waiting, Bali, 1963
Black and White photograph
13.5 x 8.75 in
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Ralph Morgan
Country Doctor of the Year 1952, 1952
Gelatin Silver Print
14 x 11 in
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W. A. Duncan
Couple
5.5 x 4 in
About the artist
Philippe Halsman
b. 1906