26 Quotes by Philippe Halsman

I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.

I am often asked which picture is my favorite. This is like asking a mother which child she likes the most.

Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only the surface... .

Dali likes me taking his picture because he is interested in pictures that do not simply reproduce reality. Even in photos he prefers to appear outside reality .That is surrealistic!

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.

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were

In my serious work I am striving for the essence of things and for goals which are possibly unobtainable. On the other hand, everything humorous has great attraction for me, and a childish streak leads me into all kinds of frivolous endeavour.

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

The word “photography” can be interpreted as “writing with light” or “drawing with light.” Some photographers are producing beautiful photographs by drawing with light.. Some other photographers are trying to tell something with their photographs. They are writing with light...