When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears. (Philippe Halsman)

When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.

Philippe Halsman

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