The story starts when he arrived in New York in 1940 from Latvia with no money but with one camera and until the 1970s his portraits of actors, intellectuals and politicians appeared on the covers and pages of the biggest magazines (e.g Life) in Europe and the US.
The particularity of this photographer is jumpology!
"Jumpology?! What does Clubmoustache mean by jumpology?"
P. Halsmann created a genre of portrait: "jumpology" by making people jump in front of the camera, simply because he wanted to capture a unique, natural and real portrait of a person without the typical face of the people put on in front of the camera! This originality lead him to become famous and he was convinced that when people jump there is a lot to learned about their character and personality.
I have selected some photos of his work to make you understand and discover this photograph. For more pictures click here!
Richard Nixon
Brigitte Bardo
Dali
Albert Einstein
Fernandel "the Frenchman"
