Artist Of The Week: Philippe Halsman

This photo by Phillipe Halsman is quite unique, never before have i seen a man smoking a cigar with a bird perched on top. This iconic photograph is famous for it's funny style, and for the surreal setting in which it is in, the focal point seems to be the man's face, where his eyes are looking towards us. The black and white color scheme is probably due to the black and white nature of photographs in that time period, but it does add a gloomy look to the sky behind him.

This is a very surreal looking photograph, a chair seems to be floating in the air, water and cats seem to be leaving a painting next to an artist trying to paint a different painting. The focal point is the cats and the water, it's quite funny seeing how the cat's have such a posture while flying in the air, I hope that throughout the process of taking the photograph, they didn't hurt those cats. As for the inspiration of the image, i think it is one of Salvador Dali's works, a great way to make a photograph is to base it off of surreal art. I love its style.