Philippe Halsman’s Jump Book
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Halsman, Philippe. Philippe Halsman’s Jump Book. First Edition, First Printing. 1959. Book and dust jacket are both in good plus condition—book’s hinge has been reinforced with archival tape, and jacket spine has faded.
An apple inspired Isaac Newton to discover the law of gravity. It took a camera for French photographer Philippe Halsman to propose a codicil. The sudden burst of energy necessary to defy gravity briefly obliterates our facades. Only then do our true selves emerge. He makes his case with photographs of one hundred seventy-five celebrity jumpers, including a nearly unrecognizable Grace Kelly (poise ends where spontaneity begins), the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (never has she seemed more relaxed), Salvador Dali (in a jump PETA would not approve), and Audrey Hepburn (elegant even in mid-air).
“The urge of an ordinary person to find out our inner-most secrets is called nosiness and is despicable. When it is done scientifically by a person with an appropriate college degree, it is called psychology and is admirable.”
--Philippe Halsman
An apple inspired Isaac Newton to discover the law of gravity. It took a camera for French photographer Philippe Halsman to propose a codicil. The sudden burst of energy necessary to defy gravity briefly obliterates our facades. Only then do our true selves emerge. He makes his case with photographs of one hundred seventy-five celebrity jumpers, including a nearly unrecognizable Grace Kelly (poise ends where spontaneity begins), the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (never has she seemed more relaxed), Salvador Dali (in a jump PETA would not approve), and Audrey Hepburn (elegant even in mid-air).
“The urge of an ordinary person to find out our inner-most secrets is called nosiness and is despicable. When it is done scientifically by a person with an appropriate college degree, it is called psychology and is admirable.”
--Philippe Halsman
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