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Dali's Cats (are out to get you)

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I stumbled on Dali Atomicus by Phillipe Halsman, which features two of my favorite things: cats and Salvador Dali.  Then I read this article (www.photoandvideography.com/da…) about the making of the picture.

To summarize the article: Since there was no such thing as photo-editing computer software at the time, everything in the photo had to be added DURING THE SHOOT.  The assistant holding the chair could be cropped out of the picture.  Dali could jump into the air.  But imagine a group of assistants off to the sides, holding a bucket and three cats as they waited for Halsman’s signal.  Yes.  It’s exactly what you think.  After every shoot, the assistants had to clean up the water and retrieve the cats that had been flung across the room.  This was repeated twenty-eight times.

The result was a photo that baffled contemporaneous (pre-Photoshop) viewers.  Needless to say, a comic had to happen.

Luckily, this only had to be drawn once (before I scanned it into Photoshop to clean up).  I sketched the comic with pencil, printed the photo, and taped it in.

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