In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible. One only has to snap it with the camera.
Philippe HalsmanI make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.
Philippe HalsmanA true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was
Philippe HalsmanThe word "photography" can be interpreted as "writing with light" or "drawing with light." Some photographers are producing beautiful photographs by drawing with light.. Some other photographers are trying to tell something with their photographs. They are writing with light.
Philippe Halsman