Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Victor Skrebneski

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American photographer Victor Skrebneski.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Victor Skrebneski

Victor Paul Skrebneski was an American photographer born in Chicago 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.

To do a portrait today, I decide how close I can get to my subject. First, of course, mentally or intellectually, then in the viewfinder. Music cues the subject and me when to shoot. The music played during a photography session is most important - stimulating to the subject and to me. As in a film, the music builds or becomes quiet, romantic; just one note sets the actor up to emote for his audience. I want a reciprocal portrait, not a bureaucratic one
Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject. — © Victor Skrebneski
Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject.
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