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Phillipe Halsman was born on May 2 1906 in Riga, Latvia to Max Halsman, a dentist, and Ita Grintuch, a principal of a grammar school.At the age of fifteen, young Phillipe came across his father’s discarded view camera, immediately sparking his imagination.He began photographing his family and quickly discovered his passion and talent, in portrait Photography.After graduating first in his high school class, Mr. Halsman enrolled in the electrical engineering program at the University of Dresden in Germany.In 1930, after graduation, Mr. Halsman relocated to Paris and began his career as a portrait photographer.In 1932 Mr. Halsman opened his first studio and merely two years later his work began appearing in magazines such as Vogue, Vuand Voila.
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