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Philippe Halsman and family, 1950.


Philippe Halsman and family, 1950.

Philippe Halsman took portraits of many famous people, like Albert Einstein, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Hope, Robert F. Kennedy, Georgia O'Keeffe, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Richard Nixon, Marlon Brando and more.
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  1. Oshi ShikigamiMarch 2, 2015 at 9:23 PM

    Twin lens, and the flash bulbs from hell!  LOL

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  2. Matthew WoodallMarch 2, 2015 at 9:50 PM

    lol. yep, the oldies but goodies. :-)

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  3. Laurent TruilletMarch 3, 2015 at 1:21 AM

    The top lens had to be large because the image on the top glass was large. The distance between the two lenses created a parallax that resulted in the photo never being what you aimed at. People who knew about this used to tilt the camera upwards a little bit to correct the framing.
    If you wanted to make a portrait using the second camera from the right, you would only get the feet of your model ! (slightly exaggerated !)
    LT

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  4. Mike MartinMarch 3, 2015 at 5:43 AM

    The look of concentration reminds me of today's smartphones. Probably a little more difficult to take a selfie with those cameras!

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  5. Laurent TruilletMarch 3, 2015 at 6:09 AM

    Mike Martin   You stole me my thoughts, Mike ! I was just going to write something about selfies !
    LT

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