Philippe Halsman was an American portrait photographer born in Russia in 1906. He actually began his career studying electrical engineering and was a friend of Albert Einstein (who famously helped emancipate Halsman from his imprisonment for his alleged involvement in the death of his father). Soon after arriving in France, Halsman began a career in fashion photography contributing to publications such as Vogue. Once in America, he was the main photographer for the Elizabeth Arden "Victory Red " lipstick campaign. Aside from many magazine and advertising campaigns (which included a series of covers for Life magazine), Halsman photographed many well known actors, politicians, royalty, and scientists.
One of his most well-noted collaborations was with the Surrealist artist Salvador Dali which depicted the idea of suspension in the series Dali Atomicus. A result of their second collaboration is pictured above; A tableau vivant, the photograph was part of the pair's In Voluptas Mors.
Perhaps his most famous photograph was that of a reflective Albert Einstein taken in 1947. The photograph would eventually be used on a postage stamp in 1966, and again on the cover of Time magazine in 1999 when Einstein was named "person of the century."
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