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Dalí Atomicus by Philippe Halsman (fedia.io)
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From Wikipedia: Dalí Atomicus features Salvador Dalí jumping into the air as three cats fly past him. A bucket's worth of water courses through the air after the cats. Behind Dalí is an easel, on which is an image reminiscent of the flying cats. A chair is on the left side of the frame, and Leda Atomica and a step stool are on the right. The chair, the easel, Leda Atomica, and the step stool all appear to be floating in midair.

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Life Magazine photographer Philippe Halsman is famous for asking famous people to jump. When his photo of Salvador Dalí came out on August 9, 1948, they went above and beyond. Halsman's assistants threw those cats at least 26 times, but the cats were apparently unharmed and dry. We can't say the same for Halsman and his assistants.

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    the cats were apparently unharmed

    I feel like this was like "we investigated ourselves and determined we did no wrong."

    I'm sure they suffered no major injury, but I think if you asked the cats they would really emphasize that they did not consent to this and it wasn't okay.

    Edit: Also you can literally see one of the cats getting wet in the photo

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