[Revealing character] can't be done by pushing the person into position or arranging his head at a certain … - Philippe Halsman

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If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

Philippe Halsman

[Revealing character] can't be done by pushing the person into position or arranging his head at a certain angle. It must be accomplished by provoking the victim, amusing him with jokes, lulling him with silence, or asking impertinent questions which his best friend would be afraid to voice.

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I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.

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When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.

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This fascination with the human face has never left me. . . Every face I see seems to hide and sometimes, fleetingly, to reveal the mystery of another human being. . . Capturing this revelation became the goal and passion of my life.

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A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was

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No photographer should be blamed when, instead of capturing reality, he tries to show things he has seen only in his imagination. Photography is the youngest art form. All attempts to enlarge its frontiers are important and should be encouraged.

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