For the last month I have been working on my presentation to my Photo Club titled “Photography and Storytelling.” It’s been fun and enriching to research photos, memes, and photo essays and learn how photographers consider a number of elements to create pictures that tell us a story through methodical and deliberate compositions.
One of the most interesting and imaginative photos that I came across was this one of the artist Salvador Dali taken by photographer Philippe Halsman in 1948 titled Dali Atomicus.
This photo was taken before digital photography and photoshop. The props needed to be suspended with wires, the chair was held in place by an assistant, three cats were thrown into the picture along with a bucket of water and Dali had to jump into the air, all simultaneously at the appropriate time. It took 28 attempts to get this iconic picture that indeed captures the essence of Dali himself.
Indeed, “A picture is worth 1000 words.”