Gilman Contemporary

Melvin Sokolsky (American, born 1933) was raised in New York City where he started his distinguished career as a photographer. At the age of 21 he joined the staff of Harper’s Bazaar. In the 1960s he worked as a major contributor to four prestigious magazines: Esquire, McCall’s Newsweek, and Show. His work is characterized by his sense of fantasy and invention. Surrealism is an influence in his plays with proportion and reality. Among the museums that have exhibited his work are The Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum, where he was included in "Shots of Style", a retrospective of the world's major fashion photographers. PERSONALITIES DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY SOKOLSKY Nancy Allen… Ben Afflack… 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… 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… Amy Irving… Shelly Long… Ali MacGraw… Jane Mansfield… Helen Mirren… Ricardo Montalban… Zero Mostel… Paulina Porizkova… Jane Powell… Suzy Parker… Dr. Ruth… Molly Ringwald… Mickey Rooney… Jean Simmons… Barbara Streisand… Twiggy… Robert Wagner… Raquel Welch… Robin Williams… Natlie Wood... James Woods… Jaclyn Smith…