Blaine’s upside-down efforts assist with picture

July 22nd, 2010 | Joe Hadsall | Filed Under David Blaine, General


Blaines upside down efforts assist with picturePhotographer Michael Lavine (who has an incredible portfolio) has posted some interesting commentary about a recent pic of David Blaine for Esquire magazine.

The street magic legend was photographed upside-down in order to snag this incredible shot (click after the jump to see the full image). Lavine wrote in his blog that at first Blaine didn’t think the idea would work, but after seeing the setup and preparation, said the shot could be done in five tries. Writes Lavine:

Let’s just say that David has a “strong personality” and I had to use every trick in the photographic Jujitsu playbook to make it through the day. It’s incredibly physically demanding to hang upside down and I do have to give it to David for delivering a command performance.

It did take five tries, although the money shot happened on the third. Afterward, Blaine blew their minds with a few card tricks. Blaine earned his reputation for hanging upside-down during 2008′s Dive of Death.

Blaines upside down efforts assist with picture

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13 comments

  1. MagicPassion on: July 22nd, 2010 at 4:02 am

    Blaine’s upside-down efforts assist with picture: Photographer Michael Lavine (who has an incredible portfolio) ha… http://bit.ly/9Tp3vi

  2. Ellusionist on: July 22nd, 2010 at 8:53 am

    David Blaine's upside-down training came in pretty handy for an Esquire magazine photo shoot. http://bit.ly/cBLdYg

  3. Ninja on: July 22nd, 2010 at 8:56 am

    RT @Ellusionist: David Blaine's upside-down training came in pretty handy for an Esquire magazine photo shoot. http://bit.ly/cBLdYg

  4. g0ldl1on on: July 22nd, 2010 at 8:56 am

    RT @Ellusionist: David Blaine's upside-down training came in pretty handy for an Esquire magazine photo shoot. http://bit.ly/cBLdYg

  5. Nico W. on: July 22nd, 2010 at 8:58 am

    RT @Ellusionist: David Blaine's upside-down training came in pretty handy for an Esquire magazine photo shoot. http://bit.ly/cBLdYg

  6. magic guy on: July 22nd, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    Either David blaine has packed on the pounds, and turned hispanic, or that isn’t david blaine.

  7. Donaldson on: July 23rd, 2010 at 8:04 am

    Penn and Teller did it first.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoIagkuJre4

    David Blaine is a whiner.

  8. Lelio on: July 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am

    That is a pretty cool picture, but not nearly as impressive as when Pen & Teller did an entire live skit while hanging upside-down.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoIagkuJre4

  9. Photo triggers tweet from Penn | Online Magic News – Ellusionist Street Magic Blog on: July 23rd, 2010 at 8:44 am

    [...] Jillette, half of the great Penn & Teller, made this tweet in response to the upside-down Blaine photo: Hmmm. When we did this decades ago on SNL it was funny, when David Blaine does it – it’s [...]

  10. Jeff on: August 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 am

    I saw a view recent videos with Blaine in them and man he looks different. He’s lookin puffy

  11. Jeff on: August 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 am

    few*

  12. McgMan88 on: August 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    I agree with Penn.

  13. theaplombman on: August 10th, 2010 at 3:57 am

    in response to magic guy, the only reason david blaine looked so in shape 4 years ago was to do his ellusion/stunts. Before he did them he looked about the same as he does now.

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