Jack Mitchell Art

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, of dance company founder Twyla Tharp held aloft by her dancers, 1984. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arc...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman photographed at Perlman's apartment in ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dancer/Choreographer Trisha Brown performing in 1987. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a ...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, photographed in 1977. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dancer/Choreographer Trisha Brown in 1976, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from t...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev photographed at his friend Monique van Vooren's apartment for 'After Dark' magazine in 1970. C...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of author Truman Capote photographed at his United Nations Plaza apartment on June 26, 1980. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Co...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstars Joe Dallesandro and Jane Forth, stars of 'Trash', 1970. This is a print that was published by After Dark Magazine ...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of superstars Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles in Andy Warhol's 'Heat', 1971 This is a print that was published ...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of MOMA Sculpture Garden on Christmas Night 1965, part of a series he took that evening. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine iconic nude study, photographed in 1972. LGBTQ+ Pride This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, mad...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Natalie Wood photographed for the cover of After Dark magazine, April 16, 1979. Comes direct...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, 1977. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archiv...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer and choreographer Mark Morris performing 'One Charming Night'. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print v...

13 x 19" archival pigment color print of Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet-born dancer of ballet and modern dance, photographed for 'After Dark' magazine in New York City on Christmas Day 1975....

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...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Gloria Swanson at the Booth Theatre on Broadway where she starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' in 1972, her last major stage role. This is a...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph of Warhol Superstar and Vogue model Jane Forth & Michael Findlay nude for 'After Dark' magazine, ...

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, 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 French mime Marcel Marceau, multiple exposures on one piece of 120 negative film, 1973. Comes directly ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artists and partners Robert Indiana and William Katz in bed with their pet cat, 1969. An amazing intimate documentary photo of a famous gay couple...

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 (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/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude, photographed in 1971 in New York City. Comes d...

Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, portrait for After Dark magazine, 1991. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed on the front and reverse by Jack Mi...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of twin brothers Jay and Jed Johnson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine on June 8, 1970. Comes dire...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, multiple exposure nude for After Dark magazine, 1971. It is signed...

Paul Morrissey, director of ‘Trash’, photographed nude for Vogue magazine on September 21, 1970. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Jack Brusca, 1969. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity.

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of twin brothers Jay and Jed Johnson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine on June 8, 1970. Signed by J...

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. Mitchell dry mounted this photograph on archival board for exhibition. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arc...

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 Argentine Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca's Legs and Feet photographed for Dance Magazine, 1991. Signed by Jack...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of painter Lowell Nesbitt in his Manhattan home and studio with his work, 1975. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certi...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater ballerina Lupe Serrano and Rudolf Nureyev rehearsing at ABT for a television appearance, 1962. Signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell, (1925-2013) bulging photographic portfolio of actors, writers, painters, musicians and especially dancers describes a pictorial history of the arts in the late 20th century. Mr. Mitchell, who took hundreds of pictures for The New York Times, was both a portraitist and a capturer of complex motion. An expert in lighting, he worked mostly, though not entirely, in black and white, and he was known — by his subjects, by the magazine and newspaper editors he worked for, and by critics — as someone who could make a photograph reveal character. Jack Mitchell was the official photographer for the American Ballet Theater, and he chronicled the work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than thirty years. When he retired in 1995, he had fulfilled more than 5,000 assignments in black and white, and nearly a thousand in color. He photographed more than 160 covers for Dance magazine, and his photos have appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and many other publications. Mitchell’s photographs are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, among others. The 2019 USPS Black Heritage postage stamp honoring American performer Gregory Hines was made from a Jack Mitchell photograph, and a Jack Mitchell photograph of Audre Lorde...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder photographed nude, 1970. Signed on the verso by Jack Mitchell. Come...

Jack Mitchell, American Photographer (1925-2013). Jane Forth & Joe Dallesandro, 1970. 11 x 14 inches; 12 x 15 inches framed. Period print from artist's studio. The image was inte...

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 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 Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) photographed in 1972 for the cover of 'After Dark' magazine....

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Photorealist Artist John Kacere at an exhibition of his paintings in 19712. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certi...

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, 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 - this is the famous photograph published full page in the New York Times of the Broadway Show Cast Members in...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Harkness Ballet dancers Zane Wilson and Linda Bogsrud photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1972....

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of legendary ballet and Broadway choreographer Agnes de Mille photographed in 1978. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a c...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Angela Lansbury in costume for 'Mama' on Broadway, 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dance Theatre of Harlem dancer Mel Tomlinson, photographed in New York City, 1975. Comes directly from the ...

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 of Dance Theatre of Harlem dancer Paul Russell, photographed in New York City, 1975. Comes directly ...

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...