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11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Trisha Brown and Lance Grier performing 'Set and Reset', 1987. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. C...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev photographed playing the piano during a rehearsal break in 1962. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a c...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Actress Meryl Streep photographed January 7, 1979 just before the release of her first film ‘The Deer Hunter...

Jack Mitchell (September 13, 1925 – November 7, 2013) was an American photographer. He photographed American artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers.[1] His portraiture, lighting skill, and ability to capture dancers in what he termed "moving stills" made him one of the most important dance photographers of the 20th century. He photographed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for three decades, producing a body of work that includes over ten thousand images. He was the official photographer of the American Ballet Theatre for a decade and also photographed dancers for other top ballet companies in the US and Canada. His work appeared in major newspapers and on the cover of major magazines, including over 160 covers of Dance Magazine. Arts Magazine called him the first photographer to treat creative individuals as characters outside of their works. Smithsonian called him the benchmark by which other dance photographers assessed their own work. Early life Mitchell was born in Key West in 1925, and he was raised there and in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, where his family moved in 1931.[2][3] His father worked for the railroad.[2] He became interested in photography, and when he was twelve his parents bought him a Kodak Baby Brownie for $54.[2][3][4] Career By age 15 he had met Florida's licensing standards to obtain a press pass, by age 16 he was working as a commercial photographer,[1][5] and his first published photograph was of Veronica Lake, who was visiting Florida while on a war bonds tour.[2] Mitchell was an Army photographer during World War II, working in Italy.[2] In 1946, after returning home from the army, he set up his first studio in New Smyrna Beach.[1] In 1949, when he was 24, at the invitation of Ted Shawn, he visited Jacob's Pillow Dance and became interested in dance photography, which became a specialty.[2][5] He moved his studio to New York City in 1950.[6] He was the American Ballet Theatre's official photographer.[2] Starting in the 1961 he spent decades photographing the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, producing over 10,000 images of the company;[2][5] Ailey's biographer Jennifer Dunning credited Mitchell's work for "help[ing] to sell the company early on".[5] Mitchell also photographed dancers of the Boston Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Pennsylvania Ballet, Houston Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet.[6] Mitchell shot over 160 covers for Dance Magazine;[2] his 168th cover was published in July 2003.[4] His term for what he was attempting to capture with dance photography was "moving stills."[5] He was known as a lighting expert.[2][5] Mitchell also photographed other artists, entertainers, musicians, and writers, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono just a month before Lennon was murdered.[2] Other subjects included Leonard Bernstein, David Byrne, Truman Capote, Anthony Quinn, Jack Nicholson, Patti LuPone, Keith Haring, Neil Simon, Angela Lansbury, Twyla Tharp, Ned Rorem, Leontyne Price, Alfred Hitchcock, Spalding Gray, Ann Reinking, Andy Warhol, and Natalie Wood.[2] He spent a decade photographing Gloria Swanson.[5] His work appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, Time, Vanity Fair and Vogue, among others.[2][4][6] Mitchell was the subject of a 2006 documentary, My Life is Black and White, directed by Craig Highberger.[2] His books include Icons & Idols (1998), for which Edward Albee wrote the foreword,[2][4] and a book of his Alvin Ailey photography...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Salvador Dali photographed in the lobby of the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, Spain in May 1966. Jack M...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Louis Falco nude figure study, 1966. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or magazine which they us...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jane Forth & Michael Findlay nude for 'After Dark' magazine, 1970. Comes directly from t...

Warhol superstar Ultra Violet, art dealer Jason McCoy and art historian Ron Caran multiple exposure nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1971. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, m...

Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century study of reclining nude male dancer Brian Poer. Photo taken approximately 1971 or 1972 during a photo shoot for After Dark Magazine. Brian appe...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British pop artist Gerald Laing and his wife Galina pose nude for wedding photos in Jack Mitchell's studio,...

Unidentified male model, multiple exposure with plant leaves, 1971. Mounted on archival board and signed in pencil. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Adagio dancers Luis Villanueve and Zinaida Yeviko, 1975, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitch...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri as "Giselle". Comes directly from the J...

Art dealer Jason McCoy, Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, and Art Historian Ron Caran, photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1971. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph mad...

Warhol superstars Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles nude in Andy Warhol’s ‘Heat’, 1971, for After Dark magazine. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was publishe...

Dancer, nude study for 'After Dark' magazine, 1971. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the reverse. American photographer...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure male nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arch...

Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano nude study taken during a session for Playboy magazine, photographed in 1993. This is a vintage g...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful nude of ballet dancer Zane Wilson in 1972. Zane Wilson was a spectacular principal dancer with the legendar...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, of the New York City Ballet performing, an unusual backstage silhouette, 1980 Comes directly from the ...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure male nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell's artist’s statement on this project: For five decades in New York City I photographed established and emerging creative and performing artists for major publications. The Numbered Nudes photographs are a development, and expansion, of my dance photography...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of New York City Ballet dancers Peter Martins and Peter Schaufuss, 1975. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Photographer Richard Avedon planning his exhibition on August 27, 1975. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certifica...

Dancer Leland Schwantes multiple exposure nude for After Dark magazine, 1970. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. American photographer Jack Mitchell...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Edmond La Fosse, 1975. Signed on the verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archiv...

4625 2 10 1986 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the p...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude, photographed in 1971 in New York City. Comes d...

Nude portrait study of Paris Opera Ballet dancer Patrick DuPond for 'After Dark' magazine, 1983. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Richard Lane and Stephen Kockser photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1972. Comes directly from the Ja...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Mitchell dry mounted this photograph on archival board for exhibition. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arc...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of anonymous male dancer, 1965. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell, (1925-...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure male nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arch...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev in dance class, January 20, 1965. This is a print that was published by Dance Magazine or th...

Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century photograph of Broadway and movie actors Ken Kliban, George Reeder and Horton Willis in their classic white underwear. Highly...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano photographed nude for the December 1993 issue of Pl...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British figure skater, Olympic and World Champion John Curry, 1976, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print ve...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Julian Schnabel in his studio, 1986. Numbered 2/20 and signed by Jack Mitchell on print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mit...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles as Hollywood has-been Sally Todd and Joe Dallesandro as hustler Joey Davis in Andy Warhol's "Heat" - Marc...

Double male model portrait study in silhouette, LGBT+ Pride, 1972. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from ...

5040 4 12 1991 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer, choreographer Lar Lubovitch photographed in 1964. This is a print that was published by a newspaper ...

4671 1/8 1987 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the p...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American classical violinist Eugene Fodor, photographed for After Dark magazine in 1975. Mitchell dry mounted this photograph on archiva...

Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century nude photograph of Dutch dancer Steven Jan Hoff. Copyright Stamped 1972. Photo taken for the iconic 1970's entertainment publication After Dark...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) photographed in 1972 for the cover of 'After Dark' magazine....

Nude portrait study of ballet dancer Christian Holder for 'After Dark' magazine, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer & avant-garde jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins, 1995. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitc...

Dancer/choreographer Louis Falco and Jose Limon dancers photographed for Dance magazine in 1968. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by...

Dancer/Choreographer Christopher Gillis photographed in December 1986 when he was principal dancer with the Paul Taylor Company. He died from AIDS complications in 1993 at the age of...