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Philippe Halsman Quotes: I am often asked which picture is my favorite. This is like asking a mother which child she likes the most.
         

I am often asked which picture is my favorite. This is like asking a mother which child she likes the most.


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I 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.

I 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.



When 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.

When 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.



A 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

A 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



A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were



The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.



The head of the photographer is more important than his camera

The head of the photographer is more important than his camera



Dali likes me taking his picture because he is interested in pictures that do not simply reproduce reality. Even in photos he prefers to appear outside reality .That is surrealistic!

Dali likes me taking his picture because he is interested in pictures that do not simply reproduce reality. Even in photos he prefers to appear outside reality .That is surrealistic!



Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only the surface... .

Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only the surface... .



I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to seduce a camera as if it were a human being.

I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to seduce a camera as if it were a human being.



Marilyn was history's most phenomenal love goddess.

Marilyn was history's most phenomenal love goddess.





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