Philippe Halsman Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

Philippe Halsman was a Latvian-born American portrait photographer. His exceptionally beautiful portraits of renowned artists, politicians, writers, and celebrities brought him name and recognition amongst other photographers. Through his twin-lens reflex camera, which he personally designed, he shot numerous portraits which served as his first step towards success and stardom.

However, it was his assignment with beauty products baron, Elizabeth Arden, which became a door-opener for him. His association with Life magazine produced various cover photos, leading to a total of 101 during his entire life. He also worked for other leading American magazines, such as Esquire, Paris Match, Look, Vogue, and Saturday Evening Post.

What was more flourishing was his collaboration with Spanish surreal artist Salvador Dali, with whom he composed some popular portraits such as Dali Atomicus and In Voluptas Mors. Besides, his mourning photo of Albert Einstein is counted among his best photographs. He developed jumpology, a philosophy of jump photography, while shooting a couple of comedians in mid-air, which garnered attention and brought him more assignments to capture jump pictures of celebrities such as the Ford family, Marilyn Monroe, and Richard Nixon, among others. He was honored with various awards for his outstanding work on photography and his works have been displayed at numerous exhibitions worldwide