Full Text of SR1160 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Victor Skrebneski of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on April 4, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Victor Skrebneski was born in Chicago to Joseph | 6 | | and Anna Skrebneski on December 17, 1929; he grew up in a row | 7 | | house at Grand and Rush in Chicago; he attended Waller High | 8 | | School in Chicago; he later attended the School of the Art | 9 | | Institute of Chicago in 1943 and the Institute of Design at the | 10 | | Illinois Institute of Technology from 1947 to 1949; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Victor Skrebneski began working as a photographer | 12 | | in New York and Europe from 1950 to 1951; he set up his own | 13 | | photography studio in Chicago in 1952; he became the exclusive | 14 | | photographer for Estée Lauder's worldwide ad campaign "the | 15 | | Estée Lauder woman" in 1962; he worked on ad campaigns for a | 16 | | number of fashion labels, including Chanel, Ralph Lauren, | 17 | | Marshall Field's, and Saks; he began creating promotional | 18 | | posters for the Chicago International Film Festival in 1966, | 19 | | which were noted by founder Michael Kutza for putting the | 20 | | festival on the map; he was instrumental in creating the City | 21 | | Gallery, a permanent photography gallery at the Chicago Water | 22 | | Tower, in 1999; he also designed the Water Tower Park, which | 23 | | was opened and dedicated by then-Mayor Richard M. Daley on July |
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| 1 | | 7, 2000; he published a number of photography books and | 2 | | catalogues, with his first book released in 1969 and his 18th | 3 | | photojournalism book printed in 2019; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of his 70-year career, Victor | 5 | | Skrebneski became known for his iconic black and white | 6 | | portraits of artists, musicians, politicians, actors, models, | 7 | | religious leaders, and writers; his subjects included Bette | 8 | | Davis, Orson Welles, President Barack Obama and First Lady | 9 | | Michelle Obama, Cindy Crawford, Oprah Winfrey, and many more; | 10 | | he was noted by former subjects for his ability to capture them | 11 | | as they really were; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Victor Skrebneski's work has been featured in | 13 | | exhibits in his native Chicago and around the world, in | 14 | | addition to being a part of permanent collections in a number | 15 | | of museums located in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles; he | 16 | | has earned a number of awards and honors, including the Gold | 17 | | Hugo Award from the Chicago International Film Festival in | 18 | | 1989, the Beautification Award from Keep Chicago Beautiful in | 19 | | 2002, and the Legends Awards from the Pratt Institute of New | 20 | | York in 2004; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Victor Skrebneski was a lifelong Chicagoan; he was | 22 | | known for being well-dressed, down-to-earth, mischievously | 23 | | humorous, fairly private, and kind; he especially enjoyed |
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| 1 | | parties and dining at La Scarola on 721 West Grand Avenue in | 2 | | Chicago; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Victor Skrebneski will be remembered for his | 4 | | creative genius and his lasting impact on both photography and | 5 | | the City of Chicago; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Victor Skrebneski and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Victor Skrebneski as an expression | 13 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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