I am often asked which picture is my favorite. This is like asking a mother which child she likes the most. — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques. — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
This fascination with the human face has never left me... Every face I see seems to hide and sometimes, fleetingly, to reveal… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to seduce a… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
Dali likes me taking his picture because he is interested in pictures that do not simply reproduce reality. Even in photos he… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
The word “photography” can be interpreted as “writing with light” or “drawing with light.” Some photographers are producing beautiful photographs by drawing… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
When the photographer Philippe Halsman said, 'Jump,' no one asked how high. People simply pushed off or leapt up to the extent… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
No photographer should be blamed when, instead of capturing reality, he tries to show things he has seen only in his imagination.… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
I am often asked which picture is my favorite. This is like asking a mother which child she likes the most. — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making. — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
When the photographer Philippe Halsman said, 'Jump,' no one asked how high. People simply pushed off or leapt up to the extent that physical… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques. — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
The word “photography” can be interpreted as “writing with light” or “drawing with light.” Some photographers are producing beautiful photographs by drawing with light..… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
[Revealing character] can't be done by pushing the person into position or arranging his head at a certain angle. It must be accomplished by… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot make them… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject,… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
With a woman I try to photograph her beauty; with a man I try to show his character. Once I photographed a man with… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
In my serious work I am striving for the essence of things and for goals which are possibly unobtainable. On the other hand, everything… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share
