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Photograph

1963 (made)

20thC; Sokolsky, Melvin. Shots of Style, 1963.

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Object details

Object type
Photograph
Brief description
20thC; Sokolsky, Melvin. Shots of Style, 1963.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 506mm
  • Paper width: 403mm
  • Image height: 487mm
  • Image width: 396mm
Gallery label
(07 03 2014)
‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:

Melvin Sokolsky (b.1938)
Simone wears fashion by Venet, River Seine, Paris
American Harper’s Bazaar, 1963

Sokolsky began his brief but intense career as a fashion photographer in 1959 working for Harper’s Bazaar. Audaciously imaginative, he could bestow a magical aura on even the plainest outfits. His famous ‘Bubble’ series features models floating over rivers and through the city streets of Paris and New York.

Gelatin silver print
Given by Melvin Sokolsky
Museum no. PH.732-1987
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.732-1987

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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