Famous+Photographer

** 1. Give some historical background on their life. /20 **
 **Melvin Sokolsky** (born in 1938) is an American photographer and film director.  Born in New York City, Sokolsky had no formal training in photography, but started to use his father's box camera at about the age of ten. Always analytical, he started to realize the role that emulsion played as he compared his own photographs with those his father had kept in albums through the years. "//I could never make my photographs of Butch the dog look like the pearly finish of my father's prints, and it was then that I realized the importance of the emulsion of the day.//"  Around 1954, Sokolsky met Robert Denning, who at the time worked with photographer Edgar de Evia, at an East Side gym. "I discovered that Edgar was paid $4000 for a Jell-O ad, and the idea of escaping from my tenement dwelling became an incredible dream and inspiration.".  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), Vogue, and //The New York Times//, Sokolsky's work is not limited to that field. Three quarters of his print photography has been for advertising, which does not usually carry a byline. As Sokolsky said in an interview: "//I resented the attitude that 'This is editorial and this is advertising'. I always felt, why dilute it? Why not always go for the full shot?//" Toward the end of the 1960s, Sokolsky worked as both commercial director and cameraman.  He did not, however, abandon the world of print photography; in 1972 he was asked to photograph the entire editorial content of //McCall's Magazine//, a first for any photographer

** 2. Describe their influences. /5 **
- Melvin Sokolsky has received more than two dozen clio award . **- Melvin Sokolsky is one of those photographers that really enjoys photography as it it. Sharp and powerful and softly beautiful when needed. Be it editorial, fashion, advertising it can be seen on his photos that his giving 110% and is skilled in every area of those photography categories. **

**His greatest strengths are in my opinion fashion and beauty as his work slowed the time around me and took me with his images and perfect lighting to the moment he clicked on the camera. What really amazed me that in his photography, he uses the “clone technique” when you merge 2 photos together. On the first one the model is on the right and on the second on the left, cutting this image in half will result in a picture similar to the number 15 below.** **But what really made me look closely was that the model was jumping in high heels. And in jumping i mean she was quite high up. And since those fashion shoes aren’t meant for sport and the high heals make women fall down even when they walk, it came to my mind that this is kinda dangerous! So i pictured how it may look and how was the landing and… yeah i think she had to jump couple of times, maybe fall some or all those tries which kinda equals twisted or broken ankle…** **Now the second thing is, that those models still pose with the body and the face even in the air. They’re confident and there isn’t a single trace of them being scared of the landing in those things. So Melvin Sokolsky had to take the shot at the perfect time since doing that jump multiple times could bring a lot of pain to the model. It’d be really nice to see how the shooting went for such kinds of shots, the behind the scene video for this would be brilliant.**

** 4. Upload a minumum of 5 Photos that represent their work. /25 **
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** What design elements are aparent? **
depth, balance, planes and depth levels ====** Why are they a good representation of this photographers? ** ==== This picture representation Melvin Sokolsky because he always takes photos with city background. This picture background is also city. The persons in his photos are not on the ground. ( They are on the sky or water or object)

**Describe the use of ligh**t.
sunlight

** What design elements are aparent? ** **balance, ** **planes and depth levels, ** **element relationship ** ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Why are they a good representation of this photographers? ** ==== <span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">This picture representation Melvin Sokolsky because this background is city ( or town). ** This photo is one of the bubble series that he took. Bubble series is popular so it is a good representation of him

<span style="color: #800000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Describe the use of ligh**t.
sunlight

** What design elements are aparent? ** **<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">direction, ** **<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">triangles, ** **<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">element relationship ** ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Why are they a good representation of this photographers? ** ==== <span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">This picture representation Melvin Sokolsky because the background is city ( or town) ** <span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">There is woman in every photos that he took and the most of his photos are black and white. **

sunlight
** What design elements are aparent? ** balance, triangles, element relationship ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Why are they a good representation of this photographers? ** ==== <span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">This picture representation Melvin Sokolsky because this photo is taken in the city. ** <span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">There is a woman in the middle of this photo and this photo is black and white. **

<span style="color: #800000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Describe the use of ligh**t.
<span style="color: #2a2a83; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">sunlight



** What design elements are aparent? **
** depth, ** ** direction, ** ** balance, ** ** triangles **

** Why are they a good representation of this photographers? **
This picture representation Melvin Sokolsky because the place where the photo is taken is city. There is a woman who wears a yellow dress.

**Describe the use of ligh**t.
sunlight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Sokolsky

http://sokolsky.com/