The Frenchman

Making faces: A visual Q&A with France s beloved vaudeville star In New York in 1948, photographerPhilippe Halsmanhad a chance meeting withFernandel, a French movie star from the vaudeville tradition, and asked the actor to participate in acompletely original photographic experiment. Halsman would ask Fernandel questions about America to which he would respond usingonly facial expressions.This book brings together the facial responses that Fernandel conjured up to such questions as Does the average Frenchman still pinch pretty girls in a crowd? (silly grin) and What was your reaction to the great American game of baseball? (perplexed). The result is a laugh-out-loud, wonderfully original book and a testimony to all that can be communicated by a turn of the lip or twinkle in the eyes. Text in English, French, and German 

Author: Philippe Halsman

Publisher: Taschen

Released Date: 2020

ISBN: 9783836526081