Philippe Halsman's Jump Book
by Philippe Halsman
Photographs: Philippe Halsman
Text: Philippe Halsman, Mike Wallace
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
96 pages
Pictures: 194
Year: 1986
ISBN: 0-8109-2338-6
Price: 125 €
Comments: softcover, good condition, 22 x 28 cm.
Where other portraitists were content to have their subjects sit for them, Philippe Halsman had his jump. He was regarded as one of the world's greatest portrait photographers, and had to his credit 101 'Life' magazine covers. At the height of his career, he sought to extend his realm into unexplored territory. "In a jump", he wrote, "the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible." For six years, Halsman asked his illustrious sitters to jump for him, and most complied: Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, and Brigitte Bardot; Richard Nixon and Adlai Stevenson; Richard Rodgers; the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; and countless from the arts, sciences, politics, business, and sport leapt at the chance. In 1959, Halsman's book made publishing history by introducing the brand new science of "jumpology". This unique and authoritative book has long been out of print, and so Abrams takes great pleasure in reissuing it, adding previously unpublished jumps, in recognition of this revolutionary breakthrough that united briefly the science of psychology and the art of photography.
more books tagged »portrait« | >> see all
-
The City of Brides (signed - last copy)
by Alena Zhandarova
Euro 250 -
Economopoulos, photographer
by Nikos Economopoulos
sold out -
Planet Lithuania
by Antanas Sutkus
sold out -
Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–2016
by John Radcliffe Studio
Euro 450 -
Lupimaris (signed)
by Christian Stemper
Euro 60 -
August (signed)
by Ren Hang
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Rectangula en la Mano
by Sergio Larrain
Euro 39 -
Che Guevara (signed)
by René Burri
sold out -
Small World (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Scene (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
sold out -
A Greek Portfolio
by Constantine Manos
sold out -
Eclipse
by Antoine d'Agata
sold out
more books tagged »American« | >> see all
-
Presistence - World Press Photo
by Joop Swart Masterclass 2010
sold out -
One Picture Book 87 : Ten Years Too Late (signed + print)
by Aaron Ruell
Euro 69 -
west (signed)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 99 49.50 -
Broken Dream
by Antonin Kratochvil
sold out -
Grosse Photographen unserer Zeit
by Inge Morath
sold out -
SPBH BOOK CLUB VOL IV (last copy)
by Mariah Robertson
Euro 69.90
more books tagged »celebrity« | >> see all
-
Jeffersonville, Indiana (signed)
by Dana Lixenberg
Euro 490 -
drawn by the light
by Roland Pleterski / OstLIcht Collection
Euro 34.90 -
The Stars - Eclisse #6
by "nobody in particular"
sold out -
Menschenbilder (signed)
by Michael Horowitz
Euro 98 -
FLASH (signed)
by Lenny Kravitz
sold out -
Photographien 1970-1997 (signed)
by Jim Rakete
sold out
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Zine Collection N°15: Animal trouvé (signed+print - last copy)
by Joan Fontcuberta
Euro 95 76.00 -
KUMOGAKURE ONSEN : Reclusive Travels (signed+print)
by Masakazu Murakami
sold out -
1973
by Keiichi Tahara
Euro 44 -
Natur
by Michael Schmidt
sold out -
Finché Tornerai Terra (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 129 -
A Portuguese Story (book + print)
by Fausto Giaccone
Euro 490
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Philippe Halsman's Jump Book
by Philippe Halsman
Photographs: Philippe Halsman
Text: Philippe Halsman, Mike Wallace
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
96 pages
Pictures: 194
Year: 1986
ISBN: 0-8109-2338-6
Price: 125 €
Comments: softcover, good condition, 22 x 28 cm.
Where other portraitists were content to have their subjects sit for them, Philippe Halsman had his jump. He was regarded as one of the world's greatest portrait photographers, and had to his credit 101 'Life' magazine covers. At the height of his career, he sought to extend his realm into unexplored territory. "In a jump", he wrote, "the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible." For six years, Halsman asked his illustrious sitters to jump for him, and most complied: Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, and Brigitte Bardot; Richard Nixon and Adlai Stevenson; Richard Rodgers; the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; and countless from the arts, sciences, politics, business, and sport leapt at the chance. In 1959, Halsman's book made publishing history by introducing the brand new science of "jumpology". This unique and authoritative book has long been out of print, and so Abrams takes great pleasure in reissuing it, adding previously unpublished jumps, in recognition of this revolutionary breakthrough that united briefly the science of psychology and the art of photography.
more books tagged »portrait« | >> see all
-
The City of Brides (signed - last copy)
by Alena Zhandarova
Euro 250 -
Economopoulos, photographer
by Nikos Economopoulos
sold out -
Planet Lithuania
by Antanas Sutkus
sold out -
Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–2016
by John Radcliffe Studio
Euro 450 -
Lupimaris (signed)
by Christian Stemper
Euro 60 -
August (signed)
by Ren Hang
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Rectangula en la Mano
by Sergio Larrain
Euro 39 -
Che Guevara (signed)
by René Burri
sold out -
Small World (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Scene (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
sold out -
A Greek Portfolio
by Constantine Manos
sold out -
Eclipse
by Antoine d'Agata
sold out
more books tagged »American« | >> see all
-
Presistence - World Press Photo
by Joop Swart Masterclass 2010
sold out -
One Picture Book 87 : Ten Years Too Late (signed + print)
by Aaron Ruell
Euro 69 -
west (signed)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 99 49.50 -
Broken Dream
by Antonin Kratochvil
sold out -
Grosse Photographen unserer Zeit
by Inge Morath
sold out -
SPBH BOOK CLUB VOL IV (last copy)
by Mariah Robertson
Euro 69.90
more books tagged »celebrity« | >> see all
-
Jeffersonville, Indiana (signed)
by Dana Lixenberg
Euro 490 -
drawn by the light
by Roland Pleterski / OstLIcht Collection
Euro 34.90 -
The Stars - Eclisse #6
by "nobody in particular"
sold out -
Menschenbilder (signed)
by Michael Horowitz
Euro 98 -
FLASH (signed)
by Lenny Kravitz
sold out -
Photographien 1970-1997 (signed)
by Jim Rakete
sold out
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Zine Collection N°15: Animal trouvé (signed+print - last copy)
by Joan Fontcuberta
Euro 95 76.00 -
KUMOGAKURE ONSEN : Reclusive Travels (signed+print)
by Masakazu Murakami
sold out -
1973
by Keiichi Tahara
Euro 44 -
Natur
by Michael Schmidt
sold out -
Finché Tornerai Terra (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 129 -
A Portuguese Story (book + print)
by Fausto Giaccone
Euro 490
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Philippe Halsman's Jump Book
by Philippe Halsman
Photographs: Philippe Halsman
Text: Philippe Halsman, Mike Wallace
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
96 pages
Pictures: 194
Year: 1986
ISBN: 0-8109-2338-6
Price: 125 €
Comments: softcover, good condition, 22 x 28 cm.
Where other portraitists were content to have their subjects sit for them, Philippe Halsman had his jump. He was regarded as one of the world's greatest portrait photographers, and had to his credit 101 'Life' magazine covers. At the height of his career, he sought to extend his realm into unexplored territory. "In a jump", he wrote, "the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible." For six years, Halsman asked his illustrious sitters to jump for him, and most complied: Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, and Brigitte Bardot; Richard Nixon and Adlai Stevenson; Richard Rodgers; the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; and countless from the arts, sciences, politics, business, and sport leapt at the chance. In 1959, Halsman's book made publishing history by introducing the brand new science of "jumpology". This unique and authoritative book has long been out of print, and so Abrams takes great pleasure in reissuing it, adding previously unpublished jumps, in recognition of this revolutionary breakthrough that united briefly the science of psychology and the art of photography.
more books tagged »portrait« | >> see all
-
The City of Brides (signed - last copy)
by Alena Zhandarova
Euro 250 -
Economopoulos, photographer
by Nikos Economopoulos
sold out -
Planet Lithuania
by Antanas Sutkus
sold out -
Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–2016
by John Radcliffe Studio
Euro 450 -
Lupimaris (signed)
by Christian Stemper
Euro 60 -
August (signed)
by Ren Hang
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Rectangula en la Mano
by Sergio Larrain
Euro 39 -
Che Guevara (signed)
by René Burri
sold out -
Small World (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Scene (last copy)
by Alex Majoli
sold out -
A Greek Portfolio
by Constantine Manos
sold out -
Eclipse
by Antoine d'Agata
sold out
more books tagged »American« | >> see all
-
Presistence - World Press Photo
by Joop Swart Masterclass 2010
sold out -
One Picture Book 87 : Ten Years Too Late (signed + print)
by Aaron Ruell
Euro 69 -
west (signed)
by Regina Maria Anzenberger
Euro 99 49.50 -
Broken Dream
by Antonin Kratochvil
sold out -
Grosse Photographen unserer Zeit
by Inge Morath
sold out -
SPBH BOOK CLUB VOL IV (last copy)
by Mariah Robertson
Euro 69.90
more books tagged »celebrity« | >> see all
-
Jeffersonville, Indiana (signed)
by Dana Lixenberg
Euro 490 -
drawn by the light
by Roland Pleterski / OstLIcht Collection
Euro 34.90 -
The Stars - Eclisse #6
by "nobody in particular"
sold out -
Menschenbilder (signed)
by Michael Horowitz
Euro 98 -
FLASH (signed)
by Lenny Kravitz
sold out -
Photographien 1970-1997 (signed)
by Jim Rakete
sold out
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Zine Collection N°15: Animal trouvé (signed+print - last copy)
by Joan Fontcuberta
Euro 95 76.00 -
KUMOGAKURE ONSEN : Reclusive Travels (signed+print)
by Masakazu Murakami
sold out -
1973
by Keiichi Tahara
Euro 44 -
Natur
by Michael Schmidt
sold out -
Finché Tornerai Terra (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
Euro 129 -
A Portuguese Story (book + print)
by Fausto Giaccone
Euro 490
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com