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Dali Atomicus

Original - In 1941 Philippe Halsman met the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and they began to collaborate in the late 1940s. The 1948 work Dali Atomicus explores the idea of suspension, depicting three cats flying, a bucket of thrown water, and Salvador Dalí in mid air. The title of the photograph is a reference to Dalí's work Leda Atomica which can be seen in the right of the photograph behind the two cats. Halsman reported that it took 28 attempts to be satisfied with the result. This is one of the earlier versions, the copyright for which was not renewed, putting it in Public domain.

Reason

A very appropriate photograph of Dali.

Articles this image appears in

Salvador Dali, Philippe Halsman

Creator

Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:33, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
• Support. A classic, and well-captioned. Something approximating that caption should be added to the image description page.--ragesoss (talk) 18:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

For the record, it's adapted from text in Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

• Support Wow, that's an amazing photo! And totally appropriate, I agree. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:44, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
• Support per ragesoss. Mostlyharmless (talk) 00:24, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
• Support - A very interesting shot, good quality. --Meldshal42? 12:54, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
• Support.--Avala (talk) 20:43, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
• Strong support This has amazing "wow"-factor! -- mcshadypl ^TC 00:32, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
• Comment This photo is currently being considered for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Salvador Dali A (Dali Atomicus) 09633u.jpg. Perhaps the nom should be suspended until the copyright status is resolved? --Pete Tillman (talk) 03:45, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

• Given that it's only one person claiming that, with everyone else pointing out that he's wrong, I think we can presume it's fine =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 04:21, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
• WP could host the picture anyway, based on the Library of Congress data, so even if commons deletes it (which seems unlikely) it could be moved here. pschemp | talk 14:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

• Support, assuming it really is PD. Halsman & Dali rock!

One does wonder how they were able to toss the cats 28 times. Welder's gloves? Stuffed animals? --Pete Tillman (talk) 19:47, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

• Comment Haiku

Furious wet cat

now flying through Dali's air

soon landing with claws

pschemp | talk 05:04, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

• Oh no now everyone is going to be coming up with dumb poems. Support Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Salvador Dali A (Dali Atomicus) 09633u.jpg MER-C 10:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)