“Philippe Halsman (2 May 1906 Riga, Russian Empire – 25 June 1979 New York City) was a Latvian-born American portrait photographer. Many celebrities photographed by Halsman include Alfred Hitchcock, Judy Garland, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pablo Picasso. Many of those photographs appeared on the cover of Life. In such photos, he utilizes a variety of his rules of photography. For example, in one of his photos of Winston Churchill, the omission of his face makes Halsman's photo even more powerful at making Churchill more human”. – Wikipedia. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Albert Einstein in his home. USA, Princeton, New Jersey. 1947. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Alfred Hitchcock, 1962. Photo by Philippe Halsman

American actor Anthony Perkins, 1958. Photo by Philippe Halsman

American actors Dean Martin and Jerry Lewins, 1951. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Bermuda, 1946. Photo by Philippe Halsman

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill with his poodle, Rufus, in the gardens of his Chartwell estate, 1951. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Daytona Beach, Florida, 1946. Photo by Philippe Halsman

French poet, artist and filmmaker Jean Cocteau with actress Ricki Soma and dancer Leo Coleman. USA, New York City. 1949. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, 1951. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Marilyn Monroe, “Jumpology”, 1959. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Phillipe Halsman Looks at Salvador Dali, 1954. Photo by Philippe Halsman

American theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer, 1958. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Russian ballerina Tamara Toumanova, 1956. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Russian novelist, poet and short story writer Vladimir Nabokov, 1966. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Salvador Dali and rhino, “Chaos and Creation”, 1958. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Salvador Dali “Dali Atomicus”, 1948. Photo by Philippe Halsman

Woody Allen, 1969. Photo by Philippe Halsman