People Jumping - Philip Halsman

 

     This photograph, whose title I do not know, is by Philip Halsman. It is a picture of two presumably famous aristocratic looking people. I like the photograph because Halsman has a unique way of directing his models. He had both the man and woman jump up together, Halsman believed that people jumping up showed their inner or true character. In this photograph when the man and woman jump up you can see that they are very stiff and rigid, almost analogous to how they might be viewed by people: rich, posh, or aristocratic.