Dali Atomicus is a photograph made by Philippe Halsman in 1948, showing the painter Salvador Dali leaping in mid-air alongside three flying cats and an arc of thrown water, with a chair, an easel, a step stool and Dali's own painting Leda Atomica appearing suspended around him. Halsman and Dali worked through at least twenty-six takes over five to six hours to catch every element of the scene airborne at once, and the image was published in Life magazine together with several outtakes documenting the process. Time magazine later named it among the hundred most influential photographs ever taken, and the New York Times called it probably Halsman's most memorable single work.
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Salvador Dali, Artists Dali is the subject and an active creative collaborator in staging Halsman's photograph.
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Staged photograph by Philippe Halsman.
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Dalí Atomicus is a surreal photograph of the artist Salvador Dalí jumping, taken by the photographer Philippe Halsman in 1948.
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Dalí Atomicus is a surreal photograph of the artist Salvador Dalí jumping, taken by the photographer Philippe Halsman in 1948.
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Dali Atomicus is a photograph made by Philippe Halsman in 1948, showing the painter Salvador Dali leaping in mid-air alongside three flying cats and an arc of thrown water, with a chair, an easel, a step stool and Dali's own painting Leda Atomica appearing suspended around him.
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