MELVIN SOKOLSKY - Flower Girl Faces - Paris Harper's Bazaar 1963 - Model Simone D'Aillencourt in Guy Laroche

MELVIN SOKOLSKY - Flower Girl Faces - Paris Harper's Bazaar 1963 - Model Simone D'Aillencourt in Guy LarocheTechnique : Silver gelatine print signed and numbered on the back Dimension : 76 x 76 cm 100 x 100cm when framed Edition : 12 on edition of 25 Certificate : a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist is delivered Information: Born in New York in 1933, Melvin began his career as a still life photographer before joining Harpers Bazaar in 1959 at just 21. Deeply influenced by Surrealists such as Dal, Delvaux, and Picabia, as well as Flemish

Technique : Silver gelatine print signed and numbered on the back

Dimension : 76 x 76 cm / 100 x 100cm when framed

Edition : 12 on edition of 25 

Certificate : a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist is delivered

Information:  Born in New York in 1933, Melvin began his career as a still-life photographer before joining Harper’s Bazaar in 1959 at just 21. Deeply influenced by Surrealists such as Dalí, Delvaux, and Picabia, as well as Flemish masters like Van Eyck and Bosch, his work focused less on fashion itself than on the woman before the lens and the body’s hidden movement beneath clothing.

His iconic Women in Bubble series (Paris, 1963) for Harper’s Bazaar was inspired by Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights. To bring his vision to life, Melvin collaborated with aeronautical engineers to create Plexiglas spheres, suspended from cranes and ingeniously designed with Fabergé-inspired hinges. He perfected the illusion by erasing the aircraft cables directly on the negatives.

From bubbles floating down the Seine, to models miniaturized beside giant furniture, to levitating figures and striking celebrity portraits, Melvin’s photographs remain milestones in the history of fashion and art photography.