Philippe Halsman, a Retrospective: Photographs from the Halsman Family Collection

by Jane Halsman Bello (Contributor), Mary Panzer (Contributor), Steve Bello (Contributor)

From inside dust One of the greatest portrait photographers of this century, Philippe Halsman is celebrated in this long-awaited retrospective. During a career that spanned more than forty years, virtually every leading personality in the arts and many world figures sat for Philippe Halsman's camera. ... From the well-known, deeply penetrating portrait of Albert Einstein to previously unpublished images of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and others, Philippe A Retrospective is a comprehensive look at a true master of photography. Mary Panzer, curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, contributes an insightful introduction on Halsman's outstanding career. Excerpts from is writings and an illustrated chronology of Halsman's life and work complete this moving tribute.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Art

212 pages, Hardcover

First published October 20, 1998

Reviews

[Jeff Youngstrom]

My review from December 31, 2007