{"product_id":"dali-salvador-dali-s-mustache-9782080135605","title":"Dali's mustache","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith 101 \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine covers to his credit,\n Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) was one of\n the leading portrait photographers of his\n time. In addition to his distinguished career\n in photojournalism, Halsman was one of\n the great pioneers of experimental photography,\n motivated by a profound desire to\n push this youngest of art forms toward new\n frontiers by using innovative and unorthodox\n photographic techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Halsman's favorite subjects\n was Salvador Dali, the glittering and controversial\n painter and theorist with whom\n the photographer shared a unique friendship\n and extraordinary professional collaboration\n that spanned over thirty years.\n Whenever Dali imagined a photograph so\n strange that its production seemed impossible,\n Halsman tried to find the solution,\n and invariably succeeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Halsman explains in his postface,\n \u003ci\u003eDali's Mustache\u003c\/i\u003e is the fruit of this marriage\n of the minds. The jointly conceived and\n seemingly nonsensical questions and\n answers reveal the gleeful humor and assumed\n cynicism for which Dali is famous,\n while the marvelous and inspired images\n of Dali's mustache brilliantly display\n Halsman's consumate skill and extraordinary\n inventiveness as a photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis combination of wit, absurdity,\n and the off-handedly profound is irresistible\n and has contributed to the enduring\n fascination inspired by this unique photographic\n interview, which has become a cult\n classic and valuable collector's item since\n its original publication in 1954. The present\n volume faithfully reproduces the first edition\n and will introduce a new generation\n to the irreverent humor and imaginative\n genius of two great artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilippe Halsman's memorable photographs\n of the leading statesmen, scientists,\n entertainers and artists of our time continue\n to appear in magazines and books. In 1944,\n four years after arriving in the United States\n from France, his colleagues elected him\n first president of the American Society of\n Magazine Photographers. In 1958 he was\n named one of the world's ten best photographers\n in an international poll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis other publications include \u003ci\u003eThe\n Frenchman, Piccoli\u003c\/i\u003e (a fairy tale), \u003ci\u003ePhilippe\n Halsman's Jump Book, Halsman on the\n Creation of Photographic Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSight\n and Insight\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003ePortraits\u003c\/i\u003e and\n \u003ci\u003eHalsman at Work\u003c\/i\u003e, which were published by\n his family after his death in 1979. His work\n is represented in the permanent collections\n of numerous museums in the United States\n and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flammarion","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53497848922454,"sku":"9782080135605-V","price":4.89,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53932874989910,"sku":"9782080135605-G","price":4.89,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9782080135605_1.jpg?v=1778120142","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/dali-salvador-dali-s-mustache-9782080135605","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}