Philip Seymour Hoffman, Prince William, Britney Spears Sep 16, 2008
Family members of the late photographer Philippe Halsman have sued the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, seeking damages for missing photographs featuring the surrealist painter Salvador Dal. Halsman's daughter and two grandchildren filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan, seeking at least $684,000 in damages for 44 photographs they said the gallery had lost, including 41 that were portraits or collaborations with Dal. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Portraits of the artist as icon Jun 22, 2008
They include some of the best-known in the medium's history: Ansel Adams, Irving Penn, Eliot Porter, Arnold Newman, Cecil Beaton, Philippe Halsman, Yousuf Karsh. Supremely, there was Alfred Stieglitz, American photography's patriarch and chief impresario. (Boston Globe)
Georgia on their minds May 18, 2008
Among photographers in the show are Stieglitz, Irving Penn, Arnold Newman, Eliot Porter, Ansel Adams, Yousuf Karsh, and Philippe Halsman. The most famous of all, Andy Warhol, is represented in the show by a silkscreen of O'Keeffe based on a Polaroid he took of her. (Boston Globe)
2 exhibits worth a trip to St. Petersburg, Fla. Mar 15, 2008
Salvador Dali with his signature pointy moustache and staring bug eyes taken by photographer Philippe Halsman. RELATED LINKS. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Master class Feb 8, 2007
Imaging has spent the past 50 years imitating photographers such as Ansel Adams and Philippe Halsman without much success, but at least the greats have given inspiration and set some standards. In just this spirit we travelled to Bendigo last week to see what we could learn from the exhibition at the art gallery of The World's Most Photographed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
