This photo was made in 1948 and the subject was Salvador Dali himself. Philippe Halsman is the creator of this piece of art. It took him 26 tries and over five hours to have this image done. The photo is real as all you can see in the picture was an real act in front of the camera, no ticks or retouch. No more than three assistants threw the cats, one threw the water from a bucket and Halsman’s wife held the chair.
Halsman was very known for images with people jumping. He has put together an entire series of images in a book called “Jump Book”.
Behind the photo | 06-Mar-09 at 10:30 am | Permalink
http://behindthephoto.org/dali-atomicus-photo-by-philippe-halsman
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