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Philippe Halsman

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Philippe Halsman is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names with the biographical note: American and Russian photographer, photojournalist, and teacher, 1906-1979. The record places the birth in Rīga and the death in New York City. Getty classifies the person under these roles: photographer, photojournalist, author, teacher. The nationality terms attached to the record are American Russian Latvian. The record carries 6 forms of the name and the identifier 500026767. In this atlas the person is linked as the creator of Dali Atomicus.

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Philippe Halsman
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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Philippe Halsman

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Dali Atomicus, Works
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Halsman, Philippe (American and Russian photographer, photojournalist, and teacher, 1906-1979)

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Born: Rīga (Rīga, Latvia) (inhabited place)
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1. Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Philippe Halsman
Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names
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    Halsman, Philippe (American and Russian photographer, photojournalist, and teacher, 1906-1979)
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    Gender: male
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Philippe Halsman (Wikipedia)
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was an American portrait photographer
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Dali Atomicus (Wikipedia)
WikipediaWorks Created: Dali Atomicus, Wikipedia intro
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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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