About: Timeline
1959
Sokolsky goes to work for Harper's Bazaar.
1962
Sokolsky photographs the entire editorial content of McCall's Magazine, a first in its time.
1964
Sokolsky invited by the School of Visual Arts in New York to teach a special class at his studio in New York.
1969
Sokolsky embarks on a new career in television commercials as director/cameraman. He is honored with 25 Clio Awards, along with 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, New York.
1972
Sokolsky versed in all phases of special effects and cinematography, presents a computerized zoom lens that he designed with electronics guru Tony Karp to the Academy of Arts and Sciences. The system was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award. The opening sequence of The Godfather is an example of the virtuosity of the computerized system.
1975
Sokolsky was invited by the Japanese Graphic Society to lecture in Tokyo and Kyoto, and was also named Honorary Professor of Photography.
1986
The Victoria and Albert Museum install an exhibition of photographs called Shots of Style, a retrospective of the worlds major fashion photographers. The Victoria and Albert Museum include Sokolsky's photographs in the exhibit, and subsequently place many of them in their permanent collection.
1991
The Victoria and Albert Museum mount a show called Appearances, that will later travel around the world. The book Appearances is available in the United States.
1995
Canon USA names Sokolsky as one of their Explorers of Light to lecture and photograph internationally. The Fahey / Klein Gallery in Los Angeles and the Staley / Wise Gallery in New York represent Sokolsky.
1997
The Staley / Wise Gallery install a major show in their New York gallery entitled Ideas. In 1998, Carla Sozzani install a show of Sokolsky's photographs at her prestigious gallery, Corso Cosmo 10 in Milan, Italy.
2000
The Fahey / Klein Gallery install a major show in conjunction with Sokolsky's newly published book published by Arena Editions, a 197-page hard cover monograph, Melvin Sokolsky: Seeing Fashion.
200306
Mr. Sokolsky is a frequent contributor photographing editorial assignments for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Wallpaper,and Vibe Magazines. He is also working on various advertising assignments.
2007
The Staley / Wise Gallery mounts a major one-man show titled Paris 1963-65 which was held over three extra weeks due to popular demand. The Fahey / Klein Gallery who represents Sokolsky internationally has traveling shows scheduled through out the world.
2007
Sokolsky is a regular contributor to the major fashion magazines internationally.
2008
Sokolsky is invited to show in Hyères, France, at the 23 Festival International De Mode & Photographie.
2008
The Fahey / Klein Gallery produces a show titled New Work, which includes Sokolsky's past and present work.
2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art includes Sokolsky's iconic Twiggy photos in their upcoming exhibition The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion.
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Personalities Directed and Photographed by Sokolsky
Nancy Allen
F. Murray Abraham
Natlie Wood
Hal Holbrook
Chet Baker
Barbara Bach
Brooke Burns
Candice Bergen
Jason Reitman
Marisa Berenson
Ray Bolger
Naomi Campbell
Diane Carroll
Joan Collins
Bill Cosby
Julie Christie
Susan Strasberg
Tony Curtis
Danny DeVito
Linda Evans
Richard Farnsworth
Mia Farrow
Joan Fontaine
Jane Fonda
Jeff Goldblum
Barbara Bel Geddes
Eliot Gould
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Florence Henderson
Lauren Hutton
Mark Harmon
Lena Horne
Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman)
Dustin Hoffman
Quincy Jones
Lynda Bird Johnson
Luci Baines Johnson
Amy Irving
Janet Leigh
Bert Lahr
Shelly Long
Ali MacGraw
Paula Prentiss
Jane Mansfield
Selma Blair
Ricardo Montalbán
Zero Mostel
Paulina Porizkova
Jane Powell
Suzy Parker
Vincent Price
Gus Van Sant
Ruth Westheimer (Dr. Ruth)
Lee Remick
Molly Ringwald
Monica Lewinsky
Mickey Rooney
Rebecca Romijn
Peter Ustinov
Jean Simmons
Barbra Streisand
Akim Tamiroff
Twiggy
Liv Ullmann
Robert Wagner
Leslie Ann Warren
Raquel Welch
Robin Williams
James Woods
Jaclyn Smith
Rachel Bilson
Céline Dion
Lou Ferrigno
Carmen del'Orifice
Eva Herzigová
Ben Affleck
Lionel Richie
Elizabeth Ashley
Jessica Alba
Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn
Audrey Marnay
Melania Knauss-Trump
André Leon Talley
Saul Hudson (Slash)
Jason Biggs