Francesco Scavullo Photography
American, 1921-2004
Francesco Scavullo (1921–2004) was an American fashion photographer celebrated for his glamorous, highly polished style that helped define the look of late-20th-century popular culture. Born in Staten Island, New York, Scavullo began experimenting with photography in his teens, often using his sisters as models. After assisting Horst P. Horst at Vogue, he established his own career and quickly became one of the most in-demand photographers of his generation.
Scavullo is best known for his decades-long collaboration with Cosmopolitan, where his bold, sensual, and confident images of women graced more than three decades of covers, beginning in the 1960s. His portraits extended well beyond fashion: he photographed countless celebrities, from Hollywood stars to musicians and cultural icons, including Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Grace Kelly, and Andy Warhol. His approach balanced glamour with intimacy, making his subjects appear both larger-than-life and approachable.
Over the years, Scavullo published several books, including Scavullo on Beauty (1972), Scavullo Women (1982), and Scavullo: Photographs 1948–1984, which solidified his place in both the fashion and fine art worlds. His work has been exhibited internationally and is part of major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
For collectors, Scavullo’s posters, exhibition prints, and signed ephemera hold strong value. They not only capture the aesthetics of an era but also represent the enduring appeal of an artist whose images helped shape the public’s perception of beauty, celebrity, and style in the latter half of the 20th century.to
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Artist: Francesco Scavullo
Pavarotti, 1977
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Pavarotti, 1977
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 106/150
Signed: Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sting, 1984
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Sting, 1984
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: AP 7/50 (aside from the...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in New York, NY
Highly-regarded fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo photographed Mick Jagger in 1973. The photographer's prolific work was comprised into ten portfolios by his manager/collaborat...
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20th Century Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cher, 1974
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Cher, 1974
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 150
Signed: Signed in pe...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Janis Joplin, 1969
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Janis Joplin, 1969
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 106/150
Signed: ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cher, (Song) 1974/2004
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cher is a silver gelatin print created in 2004 from a 1974 negative. An example of this photographic portrait is owned by the Smithsonian for their National Portrait Gallery who hold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Deborah Harry, 1986
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Deborah Harry, 1986
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: Outside the edi...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mick Jagger, 1973
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Mick Jagger, 1973
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 99/150
Signed: Si...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ravi Skankar, 1977
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Ravi Skankar, 1977
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 106/150
Signed: ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bernadette Peters, 1977
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Bernadette Peters, 1977
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 106/150
Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lena Home, 1982
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Francesco Scavullo (after)
Title: Lena Home, 1982
Portfolio: A Photographic Retrospective, Volume I: Song
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Year: 2004
Edition: 106/150
Signed: Sig...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Muhammad Ali, Photograph by Francesco Scavullo
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francesco Scavullo
Title: Muhammad Ali, 1982
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, stamped verso
Image Size: 29.5 x 19 inches
Size: 32.5 x 21 in. (82.55 x 53.34 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Bernadette Peters, 1977/2004
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bernadette Peters is a silver gelatin print created in 2004 from a 1977 negative. An example of this photographic portrait is owned by the Smithsonian for their National Portrait Ga...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr. and Robert Mapplethorpe, New York
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in New York, NY
Title printed on label affixed to reverse of print
Category
1970s Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jay and Jed Johnson I
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Jay and Jed Johnson II
By Francesco Scavullo
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Francesco Scavullo Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
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Francesco Scavullo (January 16, 1921 – January 6, 2004) was an American fashion photographer best known for his work on the covers of Cosmopolitan and his celebrity portraits.
Scavullo was born in Staten Island, New York City. Early on, he used his father's camera to photograph his sisters who would model for him. After graduating from high school in 1945, Scavullo began working for a studio that produced fashion catalogs. He soon moved to Vogue. Scavullo spent three years as Horst P. Horst's assistant, studying Horst's techniques. In 1948, he created a cover for Seventeen that won him a contract with the magazine. Scavullo soon opened his own studio in Manhattan. Good Housekeeping cover from July 1967. Cover photo of Alana Collins (later Alana Stewart) by Scavullo. In 1969, Scavullo painted singer Janis Joplin, with a cigarette in her hand, a picture exhibited at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The museum poster refers to Joplin, who died in 1970, as having a "free-spirited fervor of the counterculture revolution."
Some of Scavullo's more controversial work included a Cosmospolitan centerfold of a nude Burt Reynolds, and photographs of a young Brooke Shields that some considered overly sexual. He also befriended a young teenager from Philadelphia, future supermodel Gia Carangi, whose career he was largely responsible for launching.[citation needed] Later, when Carangi's heroin addiction made it impossible for her to find work, Scavullo continued to employ her and support her until her eventual death from complications relating to AIDS.
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