Philippe halsman

Marilyn Monroe in mid-air, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis goofing off, the Duke of Windsor in his socks, and Salvador Dalí nose to nose with a rhino – Halsman’s freaky frames defied gravity and convention

Dali 1953 by philippe halsman

Philippe Halsman’s Jump book is being reissued this week with photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Eartha Kitt, and more.

Shirley Maclaine Kim Novak Capucine Audrey Hepburn Marilyn Monroe J. Robert Oppenheimer Jean Seberg, Sophia Loren Anthony Perkins Lena Horne Tamara Toumanova Hal March Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Harold Lloyd Fritz Gruber (Writer) and the Crew Grace Kelly Edward Villela Danny Kaye, Edward Steichen…

Alfred Hitchcock posing for the cover of LIFE Magazine. USA. 1962. © Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos

Philippe Halsman captured everyone from screen sirens Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn to authors Aldous Huxley and John Steinbeck suspended in mid-air.

In the 1950s and '60s, tens of thousands of students across the US were receiving an arts education by mail, through correspondence courses designed and distributed by the Famous Artists School on painting, illustration, and cartooning.

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From a moody Marilyn to a demonic Dali, you weren’t a big shot until you were immortalised by a Magnum photographer. To mark its 70th birthday, the agency opens up its archive to Event.

French poet, artist and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. NYC, USA. 1949. © DACS / Comité Cocteau, Paris 2018. © Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos