Magnum Photosさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Magnum PhotosInstagram)「@philippe_halsman_official met with theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1958 to photograph him for a commission for the Saturday Evening Post. #Oppenheimer is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his work organizing the Manhattan Project, a research and development undertaking during the Second World War that culminated in the first nuclear explosion, on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity Site near Alamogordo, New Mexico. ⁠ ⁠ With the release of Christopher Nolan's much-anticipated film Oppenheimer, which explores the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb, we revisit Philippe Halsman's account of his meeting with the influential scientist and the resulting portraits:⁠ ⁠ "How to photograph such a man?" wrote Halsman (text published in Halsman Portraits).⁠ ⁠ "Oppenheimer greeted us in his study. He was opening his morning mail and suggested that I start shooting. I got a few meaningless pictures of him reading his mail.⁠ ⁠ "I wanted, however, a confrontation between his eyes and my lens, and I started to talk about his trial. He looked up and, when I expressed my indignation that the man who had headed the secret Manhattan Project had become a suspect, his face changed. His eyes took on a hurt and accusing expression, and I captured it at the very moment when he looked at me."⁠ ⁠ Which film are you watching this week, Oppenheimer or Barbie? Or both? 📽️⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS: US physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1958.⁠ ⁠ © @philippe_halsman_official / #MagnumPhotos」7月21日 0時01分