Victor Skrebneski (born 1929 in Chicago, U.S.) is a photographer born to parents of Polish and Russian heritage. He was educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1943 and attended the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1947 to 1949. He set up his own studio in Chicago in 1952. The Art Institute of Chicago had an exhibit of his work in 1969. Skrebneski is most known for his fashion photography and his work for the ad campaigns of the cosmetics company Estee Lauder, Inc. He has photographed various celebrities, including Cindy Crawford (whose first notable photos he took), Oprah Winfrey, Audrey Hepburn, Diana Ross, Hubert de Givenchy, Diahann Carroll and François Truffaut. He has created numerous other ad campaigns. Skrebneski's iconic black and white poster images shot for the Chicago International Film Festival often featured nude models and have become collectible over the years.

Skrebneski Portraits: A Matter of Record

Arts & Photography

Skrebneski, Victor

Photography & Video

DOUBLEDAY

More than 100 photographs, 42 in color, showcasing Skrebneski's work over four decades (1949-1989). Fashion and art photography, celebrity portraits, surrealistic compositions, architectural studies. and sensual nudes. With Foreward by Frank Zachary.

Skrebneski: Black White and Color : Photographs : 1949-1989

Zachary, Frank

Bulfinch Pr

Skrebneski is celebrated as one of the world’s finest fashion and portrait photographers. His diverse body of work has won him international accolades and, for more than half a century, he has photographed the world’s most famous people, from Orson Welles, Truman Capote, and Audrey Hepburn to Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Iman. In 1962, Skrebneski became the exclusive photographer for Estée Lauder, and over the years his flawless images of models such as Paulina Porizkova and Willow Bay made history. Five Beautiful Women is an elegant portfolio, originally published in 1987, to commemorate his twenty-five year collaboration with Estée Lauder. For the project, five distinctly beautiful models were chosen—Phyllis Connor, Karen Harris, Karen Graham, Shaun Casey, and Willow Bay—and, as Hubert de Givenchy notes, "[Skrebneski] succeeded in his very personal way to convey not only the external individuality of his subjects but, what in my opinion is most important, their inner beings."

Five Beautiful Women

Individual Artists

Rizzoli

This exquisite volume showcases a collection of raw, provocative portraits, nudes, and snapshots of quotidian life shot over the past seventy years by one of photography's greatest image makers--Victor Skrebneski. Skrebneski Documented is an intimate compendium of photographs shot over the past seven decades by the illustrious Chicago-based photographer Victor Skrebneski. Edited by the photographer himself, this evocative collection features his best-known images, including his series of "black-turtleneck-sweater portraits"--dramatic black-and-white portraits of iconic stars including Liza Minnelli, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles; dynamic, blurry motion studies; provocative nude photographs of flawless, sculpted bodies; and Dadaist collages comprised of body parts. Capturing the experimental, boundary-pushing spirit and unceasing wit of Skrebneski's images, this volume documents a who's who of famous faces, including portraits of Andy Warhol, Audrey Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, David Bowie, Iman, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper, Fred Astaire, and Diana Ross. For photography, art, and fashion lovers alike, this is a true collector's item that celebrates the exhilarating work by one of America's greatest photographic artists.

Skrebneski Documented: 1948-2018

Humor & Entertainment

Bravi celebrates one of the great companies in the world--Lyric Opera of Chicago--truly a special place where artists love to come to sing and where, night after night, audiences fill the house to overflowing. During the past fifteen years, under the leadership of general director Ardis Krainik, and with artistic director Bruno Bartoletti, Lyric has given the world many truly extraordinary productions. Now, to commemorate Lyric's fortieth anniversary, the great photographer Victor Skrebneski has photographed eleven outstanding international singers. He has honored some of Lyric's most important conductors, designers, and directors and has chosen, and personally printed, a magnificent collection of production photographs taken since 1981.

Bravi: Lyric Opera of Chicago

Rest, Dan

Romano, Tony

Music

Abbeville Press

To celebrate the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago's 25 years of extraordinary artistic achievement, award-winning photographer Victor Skrebneski has created an intimate photographic work. Together with historic production photography and reflections on Steppenwolf penned by well-known authors and playwrights (Don DeLillo, Sam Shepard, Kurt Vonnegut, among others), he presents striking and unusual b&amp;w portraits of the 33-member ensemble of artists. Oversize: 10x13.25

Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf Theatre Company : Twenty-Five Years of an Actor's Theater

Christiansen, Richard

Sourcebooks, Inc.

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