Brigitte Bardot (French, B. 1934)
Photo by Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979)
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Salvador Dali with Rhinoceros — Philippe Halsman, 1956
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Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca — Philippe Halsman, 1951
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Professor J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1958 by Halsman
“[W]e have made a thing, a most terrible weapon, that has altered abruptly and profoundly the nature of the world. We have made a thing that, by all standards of the world we grew up in, is an evil thing. And by doing so, by our participation in making it possible to make these things, we have raised again the question of whether science is good for man, of whether it is good to learn about the world, to try to understand it, to try to control it, to help give to the world of men increased insight, increased power. Because we are scientists, we must say an unalterable yes to these questions; it is our faith and our commitment, seldom made explicit, even more seldom challenged, that knowledge is a good in itself, knowledge and such power as must come with it.”
— J. Robert Oppenheimer
Speech to the American Philosophical Society (Jan 1946)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3g7g4XbLT1qa1iiqo1_500.jpg)
Professor J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1958 by Halsman
“[W]e have made a thing, a most terrible weapon, that has altered abruptly and profoundly the nature of the world. We have made a thing that, by all standards of the world we grew up in, is an evil thing. And by doing so, by our participation in making it possible to make these things, we have raised again the question of whether science is good for man, of whether it is good to learn about the world, to try to understand it, to try to control it, to help give to the world of men increased insight, increased power. Because we are scientists, we must say an unalterable yes to these questions; it is our faith and our commitment, seldom made explicit, even more seldom challenged, that knowledge is a good in itself, knowledge and such power as must come with it.”
— J. Robert Oppenheimer
Speech to the American Philosophical Society (Jan 1946)
Philippe Halsman, 1947
“Some images juxtapose motion and stasis to great effect. In one, Martha Graham remains seated as Merce Cunningham flies toward her in a superb vaulting leap, almost as if aiming for her head.” Via The New York Times
Photo by Philippe Halsman.
Professor J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1958 by Halsman all things amazing - Random
