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.

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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.

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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.

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1975, Sokolsky was invited by the Japanese Graphic Society to lecture in Tokyo and Kyoto, and was subsequently named Honorary Professor of Photography.

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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.

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Mr Sokolsky lectures internationally. As one of Canon Cameras Explorer’s of Light, Mr Sokolsky is an Ambassador for Canon Camera internationally.

PERSONALITIES DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY SOKOLSKY

Nancy Allen… Ben Afflack…F. Murray Abraham…Barbara Bach… Brooke Burns… Candice Bergen… Marisa Berenson… Rachel Bilson… 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… Andy Garcia… Florence Henderson… Lauren Hutton…
Mark Harmon… Lena Horne… Pee Wee Herman… Dustin Hoffman… Anthony Hopkins….
Quincy Jones… Linda Bird Johnson… Lucy Banes Johnson…
Amy Irving… Janet Leigh… Burt Lahr…Shelly Long… Ali MacGraw…
Jane Mansfield… Helen Mirren… 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…

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Sokolsky has directed many campaigns for major political figures. Presidents…Governors…Mayors