Phillippe Halsman.
"Most people stiffen with self-consciousness when they pose for a photograph. Lighting and fine camera equipment are useless if the photographer cannot make them drop the mask, at least for a moment, so he can capture on his film their real, undistorted personality and character. "
He used a film in order to capture the person's true characteristics and the moment that feel speaks to us and reflects who they are as a person. He has that eye for seeing the moment in time that should be visualised to the audience. Consciously placing his models into the envirnoment where an event may occur.
He used a film in order to capture the person's true characteristics and the moment that feel speaks to us and reflects who they are as a person. He has that eye for seeing the moment in time that should be visualised to the audience. Consciously placing his models into the envirnoment where an event may occur.
I found him on the magnum website:
I hope to take the exaggerated aspects of Phillippe's work and deliever the same results in mine. Not the exaggerated extent but still have captured a unique moment that maybe the everyday eye would of glanced past or even forgotten. This time assignment could be viewed as a documentary, recording the unseen and forgotten.
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