Philippe Halsman, a Retrospective: Photographs from the Halsman Family Collection

Philippe Halsman, a Retrospective: Photographs from the Halsman Family Collection by Bello, Jane Halsman. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780821223734.

From inside dust jacket: One of the greatest portrait photographers of this century, Philippe Halsman is celebrated in this long-awaited retrospective. During a career that spanned more than forty years, virtually every leading personality in the arts and many world figures sat for Philippe Halsmans camera. ... From the well-known, deeply penetrating portrait of Albert Einstein to previously unpublished images of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and others, Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective is a comprehensive look at a true master of photography. Mary Panzer, curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, contributes an insightful introduction on Halsmans outstanding career. Excerpts from is writings and an illustrated chronology of Halsmans life and work complete this moving tribute.