هالزمان .. من أعظم مصوري البورتريه في هذا العصر ، مجلة فن التصوير اللبنانية _ ع٧

Halsmann: One of the greatest portrait painters of the age

Philip Halsmann. This is the only man in the world who recorded in his life more than a hundred cover photos for the American “Life” magazine, and he created in it a unique style of its kind.

The late Philip Halzmann was born in Latvia, and began his photography career in Paris, where he soon achieved international fame after immigrating to the United States of America in 1940. There he had his own unique style. Psychological imaging of faces. Which earned him the rush of major magazines of the era for him. I picked up books once, says the photography virus, when I was fifteen years old, and that was when I found an old camera to photograph the scenery in the attic of the house .. Then it was at the same time that the first movie appeared under a red light lamp in the bathroom, and this was a really touching moment In my life, and I can never forget it. There, under the dim red light, I was looking forward with wide eyes towards a miracle.
Towards a miracle that will be born, which is the gradual appearance of the preliminary features on the milky-coloured photographic slide page. After that, the first photograph taken by this new framework, which I adopted after that, appeared. Halsman sacrificed most of his daily expenses in order to support his hobby, and from here we see that the overwhelming majority of his pictures were drawings of his friends, girlfriends, and others. Then, after studying electrical engineering in Paris, we find Halsman, suddenly turning into A photographer, who saddened his family and teachers alike, once said that when I considered the human face to be the most interesting subject in the field of photography, I wished I could explore this face in a way My two favorite writers, Tolstoy and Dostosky, through which human nature is explored with sincerity and psychological depth. Once upon a time, I took a comprehensive look at the photographs that were popular in Paris at the time, so I didn't like them. Why? In my opinion, because I used to find them scattering light, and they are all allegations and intrusive on art.. From here I wanted to show
A little-known fact, and it is not clear to others, that photography can be more realistic, more powerful, and even more accurate and expressive. Halzman, this polite and quick-witted man spoke six languages, and he encountered and dealt in his life with many international personalities. And the most loud and late night

Until he passed away after that, and that was in 1981, leaving behind a record that contained more than a hundred cover photos for the American Life magazine. For all of this, he was considered one of the famous photographers in the world. Halsman Portraits was produced by his wife, Yvonne, who has been his business partner for more than 42 years, along with their two daughters, Irene Halsman Rosenberg and Jane Halsman Bello. One day, Halsman asked this question. If the features of the human being contain an innumerable number of different images, which of these features should we try to capture? - He answered this question, saying, “For me, the answer has always been, and has always been, that image that comes as perfect as possible.” Regarding the external appearance as well as the internal depth of the subject, this is how I want my pictures and from this particular angle I find them, two sides, only then in a clearer and clearer way if the picture does not express in one way or another the appearance of this person. As for indications that indicate the mystery he has, and the secrets that his face hides, this image is not at that time a facial image, and it is never correct to consider it like this. And this is with the testimony and recognition of our great photographer, who we are dealing with now, and he is Philip Halzmann . . .