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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 15, 2022 20:25:33 GMT
Audrey Hepburn's butt discovered by Terry O'Neill in St. Tropez, 1967
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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 15, 2022 21:24:00 GMT
Rocky 6 by Terry O'NeillRaquel with Ringo, London, 1969
Raquel with Pierre Cardin, Paris, 1970
1970
1970 (ish)
1972
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Post by Hrothgar on Dec 19, 2022 18:09:12 GMT
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Post by Swithin on Dec 20, 2022 1:49:58 GMT
Ethel Waters (Carl Van Vechten)
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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 22, 2022 6:30:44 GMT
Marilyn by Earl Theisen, Spring 1951
I think that's British photographer Anthony Beauchamp in the background
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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 22, 2022 15:09:45 GMT
1951, photographer unknown
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 24, 2022 23:48:08 GMT
Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset in "Bullitt."
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Post by Lucky Dan on Dec 27, 2022 13:23:22 GMT
Russian-born American photographer Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) shot more Life magazine covers, 101, than any other photographer. An international poll in 1958 named him one of the ten best photographers in the world.
Halsman often asked his subjects to jump for him. Refusals, he said, were rare. (Van Cliburn was a notable jump refuser. When the photographer asked him why he wouldn't, the pianist said, "Explanations are not necessary.") Most complied and in 1959 Philippe Halsman's Jump Book was published, with the dedication, "To my subjects who defied gravity."
Halsmann, in the books's opening remarks on Jumpology, wrote:
This book shows 191 jumps executed by some of the most prominent and important people of our society: political figures, leaders of industry, famous scientists, artist and writers, Nobel Prize winners, judges, theologians, movie stars, TV performers and outstanding athletes.
1986 reissue cover In a jump the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible. One has only to snap it with the camera.
Ray Bolger 1950
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 1951 Halsmann wrote of the three pairs of partners he shot, which included Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Simon and Schuster, that "lasting and successful" partners jump "in a way that is diametrically opposed" to one another, while Martin and Lewis, "whose jumps are almost identical, broke up after a few years." (In fairness, the other partners were not photographed together, and Martin and Lewis worked together for ten years, more than just a few.)
Jacques Tati 1954
William Holden 1954
Audrey Hepburn 1955
Brigitte Bardot jumping in front of her villa, 'La Madrague.' 1955
Grace Kelly 1955
Philippe Halsmann and Grace Kelly
Sophia Loren 1955
Anthony Perkins 1958
Marilyn Monroe 1959
Marilyn Monroe jumping with Philippe Halsman 1959 When Marilyn jumped in my studio, she bent her knees and, like a little girl, threw her legs backward. I complained that I could not see her legs.
"Marilyn," I said, "try to express your character a little more."
"You mean that my jump shows my character?" she asked hesitantly.
"Of course," I answered. "Please try it once more." But Marilyn stood there, pale, as though paralyzed, unable to jump. "All right, Marilyn, let us do some other pictures."
Peter Ustinov, "A Russian Englishman," 1959
Diana Dors 1963
Kim Novak, year unknown
Philippe Halsmann 1954 And two bonus jumps by Marilyn not included in the book, taken in 1959, where Halsman was maybe trying to capture her legs.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 6, 2023 3:32:48 GMT
Walk in the neighborhood
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Post by Paris Mismatch on Jan 6, 2023 8:26:01 GMT
Three shots of Marie-France Pisier by Jean-Claude Deutsch taken in Paris, 1966 or 67.
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Post by Newbie on Jan 6, 2023 19:42:11 GMT
When Marilyn jumped in my studio, she bent her knees and, like a little girl, threw her legs backward. I complained that I could not see her legs.
"Marilyn," I said, "try to express your character a little more."
"You mean that my jump shows my character?" she asked hesitantly.
"Of course," I answered. "Please try it once more."
I love Monroe's jump pictures. Her bent knees do show her character, despite her sexy exterior, she was childlike in some ways. The photographer missed that, imposing his expectations on his subject. Great photos, though.
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Post by Lucky Dan on Jan 7, 2023 0:49:22 GMT
When Marilyn jumped in my studio, she bent her knees and, like a little girl, threw her legs backward. I complained that I could not see her legs.
"Marilyn," I said, "try to express your character a little more."
"You mean that my jump shows my character?" she asked hesitantly.
"Of course," I answered. "Please try it once more."
I love Monroe's jump pictures. Her bent knees do show her character, despite her sexy exterior, she was childlike in some ways. The photographer missed that, imposing his expectations on his subject. Great photos, though. I wouldn't second-guess Halsman. When he said character, I think he meant her public persona not her inner child. I also think he was commissioned to get some leg art from her.
Thanks for the comment though. I figured I can't be the onliest one here who likes this collection. The reissued book is available on-line. The one thing I would add to it is an index with the subjects' names and dates.
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Post by Newbie on Jan 7, 2023 2:28:05 GMT
I love Monroe's jump pictures. Her bent knees do show her character, despite her sexy exterior, she was childlike in some ways. The photographer missed that, imposing his expectations on his subject. Great photos, though. I wouldn't second-guess Halsman. When he said character, I think he meant her public persona not her inner child. I also think he was commissioned to get some leg art from her.
Thanks for the comment though. I figured I can't be the onliest one here who likes this collection. The reissued book is available on-line. The one thing I would add to it is an index with the subjects' names and dates. I'm going to see if I can get a copy of the book. Thanks for posting about it.
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Might as well JUMP!
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Post by Might as well JUMP! on Jan 7, 2023 2:41:36 GMT
I wouldn't second-guess Halsman. When he said character, I think he meant her public persona not her inner child. I also think he was commissioned to get some leg art from her.
Thanks for the comment though. I figured I can't be the onliest one here who likes this collection. The reissued book is available on-line. The one thing I would add to it is an index with the subjects' names and dates. I'm going to see if I can get a copy of the book. Thanks for posting about it. It really is a fun little volume to have. Very slim, but tall, so it fits right in on the art book shelf without taking too much space. Halsman's pseudo-sciency comments on Jumpology are light-hearted and just on-point enough to make you think he might be serious.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 7, 2023 21:13:15 GMT
I just took some new photos today to put on my Facebook page.
Thought I'd share them here as well!
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