Francesco Scavullo  (American, 1921-2004) 

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Francesco Scavullo Biography
1921   Born in Staten Island, NY
1945   Hired as a photography apprentice at Becker Studios in NY, NY
Assistant to photographer Horst P. Horst at "Vogue"
1946   Wored for fashion Illustrator Jerry Plucer
Photographer for "Seventeen" magazine
1948   Began Scavullo Studio, proprietor and photographer
1952 - 1956   Married to Carol McCallson
1978   Actor and visual consultant for the motion picture "Lipstick"
1984   Became co-owner, TC&S production company
1988   Began Scavullo Gallery, New York, NY
1965 - 1995   Photographed every cover of "Cosmopolitan" magazine
2004   Died in New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2009   "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (group)
2008   "The Presence of Portraits," Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, ON (group)
2007   "Scavullo Portfolio," Fountain Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2006   "Francesco Scavullo: A Photographic Retrospective," The Gallery at New World States, New York, NY (solo)
2005   "From the Source, Fashion Photographs," Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, ON (group)
2004   "The Future Has a Silver Lining: Genealogies of Glamour," Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich (group)
"Francesco Scavullo," Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy (solo)
2002   "A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with the Dogs through the History of Photography," Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (group)
1982   "Francesco Scavullo Photographs: American Ballet Theatre," Andrew Crispo Gallery, NY and the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS (solo)
Literature
2000   "Scavullo Nudes" by David Leddick
1984   "Scavullo: Francesco Scavullo Photographs, 1948-1984" by Francesco Scavullo with Sean M. Byrnes
1982   "Scavullo Women" by Francesco Scavullo with Sean M. Byrnes
1977   "Scavullo on Men" by Francesco Scavullo
1976   "Scavullo on Beauty" by Francesco Scavullo