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life: At the end of his shoot with artist Salvador Dali — a session that took six hours and 28 throws (of water, a chair, and three cats): “My assistants and I were wet, dirty and near complete exhaustion. The resulting image, with a leaping Dali in midair amid the madness, is a portrait as kinetic and surreal as artist’s own work.” — photographer Philippe Halsman (see more — The 75 Best LIFE Photos)

life:

At the end of his shoot with artist Salvador Dali — a session that took six hours and 28 throws (of water, a chair, and three cats):

“My assistants and I were wet, dirty and near complete exhaustion. The resulting image, with a leaping Dali in midair amid the madness, is a portrait as kinetic and surreal as artist’s own work.”

— photographer Philippe Halsman

(see more — The 75 Best LIFE Photos)

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