Wednesday, May 18, 2016

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS: MELVIN SOKOLSKY

Melvin Sokolsky was born and raised in New York City where he started his distinguished career as a still life photographer. He  started to use his father's box camera at about the age of ten, at 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, the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, and Show. His photographs of internationally famous personalities have appeared in many of the major museums and magazines worldwide.
Sokolsky lacked of academic technical education, thus he was lead only by his creativity, which pushed him to experiment in a totally personal way. Though he is best known for his editorial fashion photographs for publications such as Harper's Bazaar for which he produced, in 1963, the "Bubble" series of photographs depicting fashion models "floating" in giant clear plastic bubbles suspended in midair above the River Seine in Paris.

Melvin Sokolsky è nato e cresciuto a New York City dove ha iniziato la sua carriera come fotografo di still life. Ha iniziato ad utilizzare la macchina fotografica di suo padre all'età di circa dieci anni, a ventuno anni è stato invitato a entrare nello staff di Harper Bazaar. Negli anni successivi, ha lavorato per quattro prestigiose riviste: Esquire, il New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, e Show. Le sue fotografie di personaggi famosi a livello internazionale sono apparsi in molti dei principali musei e riviste di tutto il mondo. Sokolsky non ha avuto una formazione tecnica accademica,  è andato avanti solo grazie alla sua creatività, che lo ha spinto a sperimentare in modo del tutto personale. E' conosciuto soprattutto per i suoi editoriali di fotografie di moda per pubblicazioni come Harper Bazaar per il quale ha prodotto, nel 1963, la serie "Bubble": fotografie che ritraggono modelle "galleggianti" in giganti bolle di plastica trasparente sospesa a mezz'aria sopra la Senna a Parigi.

"Bubble" - Herper's Bazaar 1963

"Bubble" - Herper's Bazaar 1963

Herper's Bazaar 1965

Marisa Berenson


Twiggy 1967





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