I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.
Philippe HalsmanWhen you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.
Philippe HalsmanI drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.
Philippe Halsman