The Maxwell Edit

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The Originals: Melvin Sokolsky

The Originals: Melvin Sokolsky

Illusions, invention, and the man who suspended fashion above the Seine.

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Jul 10, 2025
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The Originals: Melvin Sokolsky
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It’s one thing to photograph a woman in couture.

It’s another to float her in a plexiglass sphere above the streets of Paris, without shortcuts, without compromise, and without ever calling it avant-garde.

But that’s what Melvin Sokolsky did in 1963.

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