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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
DOYLESTOWN, PA.- From the pensive gaze of Georgia O'Keeffe in profile to the carefree grins of Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot at the seashore, some of the most iconic portraits of artists and celebrities are part of the expansive collection of Bucks County resident Robert M. Infarinato. Over 50 photographs from this striking assembly are on view at the James A. Michener Art Museum in
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Explore : Actors and Actresses, Alfred Stieglitz, Artists, Duke Ellington, Georgia, Henri Cartier Bresson, Imogen Cunningham, Jazz, Lotte Jacobi, Man Ray, Marilyn Monroe, Music, Photographers, Robert Capa, Ruth Bernhard, Sophia Loren
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Yanko Design (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Magnum Photos is issuing a new edition of its book New York. This book is giant, at 20X14 inches, and comes with its own little case that makes it look like one of the buildings at Rockefeller Center. In this super-limited edition of 25 (no I am not missing a zero), they also [...]
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Explore : Annie Leibovitz, Berenice Abbott, Bruce Davidson, Cinema, Cities and Towns, David Bailey, Design, Diane Arbus, Directors, Edward Steichen, Elliott Erwitt, Eve Arnold, Fine Arts, Helmut Newton, Henri Cartier Bresson, Jerry Schatzberg, New York, New York City, Photographers, Weegee
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Portrait Gallery presents Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs, on view through February 1, 2009. In the exhibition "Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs," the National Portrait Gallery celebrates women who have challenged and changed America. Drawn exclusively from the Portrait Gallery's collection, these revealing portraits
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
A roundup of the day's celebrity news.
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I V Y Paris (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
The Hearst Corporation has announced an international biennial competition to recognize and showcase the professional work of talented young photographers. Hearst 8 X 10 Photography Biennial will recognize eight winners and feature their work in two exhibition spaces in the...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
A Midtown gallery from which dozens of photographs of Salvador Dali were stolen didn't do enough to safeguard the precious works, their owners charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday. The heirs of famed photographer Philippe Halsman, who frequently...
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Adobe Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Alex Prager mixes mid-century looks with some weird modern twists in her work. On Kitsune Noir Bobby Solomon points out similarities with Philippe Halsman's wild Dali Atomicus. Make mine a White Russian: I love this shot of a Belarusian commando shrouded in smoke. Hello, moon: Laurent Laveder uses forced perspective to capture some beautiful Moon Adventures . [ Via ] Take a good look at my crazy,...
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haha.nu (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
This picture, used as the album art cover of Grace Jones’ Island Life, is an impossible ballet move called Arabesque. Learn how its author, the photographer Jean Paul Goude made it, in a time where Photoshop does not exist yet. Click to read more. And see also the Philippe Halsman’s Dali Atomicus. @ haha.nu.
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Indy Star (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
A treasure trove of personal items from one of New York�s most iconic photographers has found a home in Indianapolis, by way of a Kentucky farmhouse.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Sometimes it seems as if all New York photographers were putting their home-studios on the market.
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Film News: 'Jump' looks at Halsman trial -- Patrick Swayze's upcoming Austrian-produced drama “Jump,” about the 1928 murder trial of celebrity photographer Philippe Halsman, will have its world premiere in the Austrian city of Linz on April 16.
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haha.nu (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Talking about Salvador Dali, here is an amazing collaborated work with Philippe Halsman. And something to note - you could do this in photoshop now easily but Halsman did not - this was shot live. It took 26 tries to get it over five hours - Halsman counted to four, Dali leapt, 3 assistants threw the [...]
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darkblack (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
© Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos R.I.P. Robert James "Bobby" Fischer , one of my childhood idols. A human tragedy, that so incandescent a talent should have become eclipsed by unbearable hatred and mental illness. Vaya con Dios
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wongaBlog (Free subscription) | 12/15/2007
Our second six-week project this term was to recreate a studio photograph, then make an interpretation of that image. I chose Philippe Halsman's jumping pictures, and made I think an ok recreation of this image of Marilyn Monroe (I haven't checked whether the model minds me putting the image online yet). This was my interpretation: It's [...]
