April 23, 2004
Melvin Sokolsky, photographer.
Pictures of pretty women in expensive clothing, 1960's to present. And some other stuff.
via jumblies LJ
these are very beautiful
beautiful work. sent it to a photographer friend I know will love it. Thanks, Slithy_Tove!
Beautiful, yes, but airless and lifeless, too. If you can drain all the juice out of Dustin Hoffman before he's dead, you're not just a mortician, you're a fashion photog.
Cecil Beaton and Irving Penn did this first and with SO much more human elan; models weren't meant to be vacuous Barbies or angsty downtowners, but real people with grace and vigor-- abnormally gorgeous people, sure, but you could see the fun they were having in the way they cast their eyes, or the relaxation in their fingers. (Always watch the hands-- they MUST tell the truth, pace the televised McCarthy hearings, for example).
Google the names above and see the difference!
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