Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe Halsman came to New York from Latvia via Paris during WW2. He held the record for "Life" covers, and was known for a surrealistic sense of humor. Halsman published "The Jump Book," containing pix of famous people jumping. The Dali shot required 4 assistants, gallons of water, various cats, and over 20 attempts. All the pix were straight shots, and Halsman claimed they revealed the inner personality of the subject as no formal portrait would. He called his theory 'Jumpology, " a mix of jump and psychology . "Richard F. Man" wrote: > At 07:35 AM 3/6/2004 -0500, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > >http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/repulsed/dd.jpg > > > >i should have known better than to get a straight explanation for > >how they were done. :-) > >... > > Assuming it is not Photoshop work, my guess is that most of the "feet in > the air" ones are done by high speed shutter and various acts of jumping, > falling, etc. plus very very good acting. Not sure about the "lying on the > back" ones, but may be it's the same way the magicians do it? > > Aren't there explanations for the Dali pic, or the Nixon pic? Or is this > one of the secret jokes that everyone knows the secrets except the newbies > (me) ? > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard@imagecraft.com) > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html