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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...

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...

Dancer Don Lopez photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1985. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitche...

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 Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, one of the most important ballet dancers of the later part of the 20th centu...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono photographed November 2, 1980, the last comprehensive photo session of...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet (real name Isabelle Collin Dufresne) nude, 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis starring as Blue Denim with Andy Warhol transvestite superstar Candy Darling in his hit play "Vain Victor...

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 of British pop artist Gerald Laing and his wife Galina pose nude for wedding photos in Jack Mitchell's st...

13 x 19" lifetime vintage color photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, signed by Jack Mitchell (the only print of this photograph he signed). Nude Comes directly from th...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Louis Falco, performing in 1962. This is a print that was published by a newspaper or...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Duane Hanson (right) with one of his lifecast realistic sculptures Signed by Jack Mitchell on the ...

San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Mikko Nissinen photographed for the cover of Dance Magazine, January 3, 1992.. This is a vintage silver gela...

13 x 19" lifetime vintage color photograph of Warhol Superstar Jane Forth nude, this is the only copy of this color photograph ever signed by Jack Mitchell....

Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful nude photograph of ballet and Broadway dancer Jeremy Blanton in 1972. Blanton was a spectacular dancer in numerous international ballet compa...

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 session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...

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 Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles as Hollywood has-been Sally Todd and Joe Dallesandro as hustler Joey Davis in Andy Warhol's "Heat" - Marc...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Christine Klepal performing "Scherezade" in 1983 numbered 14/25. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the ...

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

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Louise Nevelson in her Manhattan studio in 1974. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitch...

16 x20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jane Forth, signed by Jack Mitchell and numbered 5/12. Nude Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certif...

New York City Ballet dancers silhouette, 1979, signed by Jack Mitchell. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was published by...

Unidentified male model, multiple exposure with plant leaves, 1971. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Red Grooms in his studio in 1968. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certi...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Martha Graham and Bertram Ross performing "Phaedra", 1962. This photograph was published in Jack's book "American Dance Portfolio" in 19...

This photograph of Bob Fosse and the cast of his Broadway hit 'Big Deal' was taken in 1986 for the cover of Dance Magazine. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This e...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Film noir actress Veronica Lake at a cocktail party at Jack Mitchell's Manhattan apartment, with Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Paul Morr...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn photographed with Mitchell's cat 'Nik' in 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly fr...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Louise Nevelson in her Manhattan studio in 1974. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitch...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, 1984. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the prin...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally photographed nude in Mitchell's studio for 'After Dark' m...

Comedian Robin Williams cries like his new baby son Zachary for Jack Mitchell's camera, photographed in 1984. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, 11 x 14" made by...

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 Von Hackendahl, 1985, bodybuilder who also modeled for Robert Mapplethorp. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly f...

Professional bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger posing at the top of his form in October 1976 for a cover and feature article in After Dark magazine. One of Mitchell's most beautiful ...

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 session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications. I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark. Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Actor, choreographer, director, costume designer, dancer Geoffrey Holder, 1963, nude, signed on the recto in ink and on the verso in pen...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol transvestite Superstar Jackie Curtis photographed in 1970, the year began filming "Women in Revolt". Signed by Jack Mitchell...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Alexander Godunov, 1981. Numbered 7/25 and signed in pencil on the reverse by Jack Mitchell. Comes dire...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Marisol, 1968, 7/25, signed by Jack Mitchell lower right and in pencil on the reverse. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...

This photograph of artist Louise Nevelson was taken in 1974 in Nevelson's home in Manhattan. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition print is 17 x 22". Co...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Red Grooms in his studio in 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev photographed at Monique van Vooren's apartment in 1970, numbered 14 of 25. It is signed by Jac...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of pop artist Jack Bruca in his Manhattan studio with recent work, 1969. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from th...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude, with psychedelic multiple exposure effect, pho...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Ellsworth Kelly in his New York studio, 1967, 7/25. Signed by Jack Mitchell lower right, and in pencil on the reverse.. Comes dir...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally photographed nude in Mitchell's studio for 'After Dark' m...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor, choreographer, director, costume designer, and dancer Geoffrey Holder, 1964. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes di...

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...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Broadway musical star Joel Grey in costume for 'George M!', 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Co...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray. This is a print that was published by After Da...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Film noir actress Veronica Lake at a cocktail party at Jack Mitchell's Manhattan apartment, with Andy Warhol and Candy Darling. Veronica ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of stage and film actress Ruth Gordon. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of auth...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Multiple exposure of nude and closeup of his hair. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certific...