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Melvin Sokolsky
Melvin Sokolsky was born and raised in New York City where he started his distinguished career as a stills photographer. At the age of twenty-one he was invited to join the staff of Harper's Bazaar. Within the next few years he worked as a major contributor to four prestigious magazines: Esquire, McCall's Newsweek, and Show. His photographs of internationally famous personalities have appeared in many of the major museums and magazines worldwide.
1962
Sokolsky photographed the entire editorial content of McCall's Magazine, a first in its time.
1964
Sokolsky was invited by the School of Visual Arts in New York to teach a special class at his studio in New York.
1969
Sokolsky embarked on a new career in television commercials as director/cameraman. Sokolsky has been honored with twenty-five Clio Awards, and is the recipient of every major television commercial award including the coveted "Directors Guild" nomination. Many of Sokolsky's commercials are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
1972
Sokolsky versed in all phases of special effects and cinematography, presented a computerized zoom lens that he designed to the Academy of Arts and Sciences. The system was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award.
1975
Sokolsky was invited by the Japanese Graphic Society to lecture in Tokyo and Kyoto, and was subsequently named Honorary Professor of Photography.
1986
The Victoria & Albert Museum installed an exhibition of photographs called "Shots of Style," a retrospective of the worlds major fashion photographers. The Victoria & Albert included Sokolsky's photographs in the exhibit, and subsequently placed many of them in their permanent collection.
1991
The Victoria & Albert Museum mounted a show called "Appearances," that is slated to travel around the world. The book "Appearances” is available in the United States.
1995
Canon USA named Sokolsky as one of their "Explorers of Light", to lecture and photograph internationally. The Fahey Klein Gallery in Los Angeles and the Staley/Wise Gallery in New York City represent Mr.Sokolsky.
1997
Staley/Wise installed a major show in their New York gallery entitled "Ideas". In 1998, Carla Sozzani installed a show of Sokolsky's photographs at her prestigious gallery, Corso Cosmo 10, in Milan.
2000
The Fahey Klein Gallery installed a major show in conjunction with Sokolsky’s newly published book published by Arena Editions; a 197 page hard cover monograph, "Melvin Sokolsky Seeing Fashion".
2003
Mr. Sokolsky is a frequent contributor photographing editorial assignments for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Wallpaper, and Vibe Magazines. He is also working on various advertising assignments.
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Photography
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Personalities Directed And Photographed
By Sokolsky
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Nancy Allen, F. Murray Abraham, Barbara Bach, Brooke Burns, Candice Bergen, Marisa Berenson, Ray Bolger, Naomi Campbell, Diane Carroll, Joan Collins, Bill Cosby, Julie Christie, Tony Curtis, Danny Devito, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Mia Farrow, Joan Fontaine, Jane Fonda, Jeff Goldbloom, Barbara Bel Geddes, Eliot Gould, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Florence Henderson, Lauren Hutton, Mark Harmon, Lena Horne, Pee Wee Herman, Dustin Hoffman, Quincy Jones, Linda Bird Johnson, Lucy Banes Johnson, Amy Irving, Janet Leigh, Burt Lahr, Shelly Long, Ali MacGraw, Jane Mansfield, Ricardo Montalban, Zero Mostel, Paulina Porizkova, Jane Powell, Suzy Parker, Vincent Price, Dr. Ruth, Lee Remick, Molly Ringwald, Mickey Rooney, Rebecca Romeyn, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, Barbara Streisand, Akim Tamoroff, Twiggy, Liv Ulmam, Robert Wagner, Leslie Ann Warren, Raquel Welch, Robin Williams, Natlie Wood James Woods, Jaclyn Smith.
Sokolsky client list: American Airlines, AT&T, Chrysler motors, Clairol, Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, Levi Strauss, Grand Marnier, Pepsi Cola, Polaroid, Revlon, TWA, United Airlines, Volkswagen.
Sokolsky has directed many campaigns for major political figures. Presidents, Governors, Mayors.
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