Halsman’s Jumpology
Phillippe Halsman had 101 Life covers to his credit when he died in 1979 by his greatest passion has been to photograph jumping people. In 1959, he published Philippe Halsman’s Jump Book (below), which contained a tongue-in-cheek discussion of jumpology and 178 photographs of celebrity jumpers.
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis English Actress Hattie Jacques
Brigitte Bardot Elenor Ford (Mrs. Edsel Ford)
Bob Hope John Steinback
Colette Marchand Salvador Dali
Halsman with Monroe Marilyn Monroe for LIFE
Judge Learned Hand Aldous Huxley
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor British Labor Party Leader Hugh Gaitskell
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer Maurice Chevalier
It is ashame that this collection didn’t include perhaps the most famouse jumper of all the inventor of the Trampoline George Nissen, who is still jumping today in his 90s
Chris E
October 1, 2009 at 10:17 am
This collection its important, even the missing Mr. Nissen.
I do find the shot of Dr. Hoppenheimer describing his genius, he designs the circle of the Sky and the Earth, used most in Japanese Sword’s tradition (Ten/chin).
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