Bill Text: IL SR1160 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Victor Skrebneski.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-05-24 - Resolution Adopted [SR1160 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1160-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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