Okay, now for #2. This post will, of course, reveal my preference between Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. I will explain my reasoning for my number 1 favorite in my next post. But, in the meantime, here is the very, very, very close second: 2. Gene Kelly Favorite solo: "Singin' in the Rain" from, well, Singin' in the Rain. (Embedding was disabled) But "You Wonderful You" from Summer Stock and "Tra-La-La" from An American in Paris are up there too. Sadly, "Tra-La-La" is no longer available on…

Philippe Halsman: Dick Clark, 1952.

The American actor Tony Randall, 1965. (Photo by Philippe Halsman)

“ William Holden photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1954. ”

Philippe Halsman - Liberace

Philippe Halsman, who had 101 LIFE covers to his credit when he died in 1979, felt a portrait that did not show psychological insight was "an empty likeness" of its subject. Rolleiflex in hand and tongue in cheek, he invented his own Rorschach test--"jumpology"--and talked his subjects into becoming airborne in the interest of science. Richard Nixon, Aldous Huxley, Marilyn Monroe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are among the celebrities…

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From Waddington's, Philippe Halsman, Duke Watching the Dutchess of Windsor Jumping, (From Jump Series) (1956), Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in

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Comment le photographe Philippe Halsman a-t-il eu l'idée de faire sauter les personnalités? Assez simplement: en 1959, il immortalise la famille Ford pour le

Philippe Halsman | Cover of the magazine Life with a portrait of Marilyn Monroe jumping by Philippe Halsman, November 9 (1959)