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Jack Mitchell Art

American, 1925-2013

Over his four-decade career, photographer Jack Mitchell chronicled the changing cultural landscape of mid- to late-20th-century America by capturing the greatest influencers and innovators in the performing and visual arts.

Mitchell, a master of lighting patterns in photography who had his first portrait published at the age of 15, organized more than 5,400 photographic sessions in his lifetime involving a list of sitters that is as astounding as it is long. A veritable roll call of heroes and idols, his studio guests include painters, dancers, actors, comedians, singers, composers, directors, writers, impresarios and anyone else who helped shape the zeitgeist.

During World War II, when he was only 16 years old, Mitchell photographed Veronica Lake for a Daytona newspaper. It was his first celebrity gig, but that didn’t stop the audacious wunderkind from asking the actress to sweep back her signature “peekaboo” locks so he could get her full face in the frame. Lake, who was in Florida to help the war effort and at the peak of her career, politely obliged, and the two later became lifelong friends.

Mitchell, who was openly gay (his long-term partner and manager, Robert Plavik, died in 2009), also struck up a close relationship with Gloria Swanson. From 1960 to 1970, he served as her personal paparazzo, snapping a variety of “candid” shots of the aging but eternally glamorous actress as if she were a pre-mobile/pre-social-media reality star.

The diverse publications in which Mitchell’s work has appeared — in addition to the New York Times, there’s Rolling Stone, Dance Magazine, People, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Time, Harper’s Bazaar and Newsweek — testify to the power of his arresting visual language and its ability to transcend themes and disciplines.

Mitchell also famously shot a series of intimate portraits of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in November 1980, just one month before the Beatles singer was assassinated. A picture from this session became the cover of People’s memorial issue, one of the magazine’s best-selling editions to date.

The showbiz gloss should not distract from Mitchell’s meticulous approach to photography. He insisted on producing his own prints in order to achieve what he deemed museum-quality patina and definition.

“Jack shot many rolls of black-and-white film, and always some color transparencies, of every famous person he photographed,” says Craig Highberger, a friend of the late photographer and the executive director of the Jack Mitchell Archives.

In the world of dance, the field for which Mitchell is best known, his striking and incisive shots of legendary performers and choreographers reflect the visceral energy that these luminaries introduced to the discipline in the 1960s and ’70s, widely considered the Golden Age of American dance theater.

“Jack’s photographs of dancers during his lifetime are a historic chronicle of an amazing period in dance history. He was Alvin Ailey’s dance company photographer from 1961 to 1994,” says Highberger, noting that Mitchell’s collection of 10,000 black-and-white Ailey prints now belongs to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Mitchell’s dance images are at once ethereal and powerfully dynamic. Not only do they evoke movement through elegant poses and disciplined muscular tension, but they also convey an intimate energy radiating directly from his subjects, as if he had magically unlocked a reflective mood or a character trait, without contrivance.

The collection of authentic Jack Mitchell photography on 1stDibs includes his black and white photography, color photography, nude photography and more.

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Artist: Jack Mitchell
Kenny Ortega, star of 'Hair' multiple exposure, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Hollywood Film Star Joan Blondell, Signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Hollywood Film Star Joan Blondell, 1971. Signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from th...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dance Theatre of Harlem dancer Ronald Perry
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dance Theatre of Harlem dancer Ronald Perry, photographed in New York City, 1975. Comes directly from the Ja...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

British pop artist Gerald Laing & wife Galina pose nude for wedding photos
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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,...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Candy Darling, portrait for After Dark, signed by Jack
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Candy Darling photographed for After Dark Magazine, June 21, 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell in pencil on the print verso...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

16 x 20" Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet & Friends nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol superstar Eric Emerson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine, Signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Warhol superstar Eric Emerson, the iconic portrait photographed for 'After Dark' magazine in 1971. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mi...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

'Boys in the Band' star Robert La Tourneaux, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Robert La Tourneaux, Broadway and film star of "Boys in the Band" - 1969.. Signed by Jack Mitchell on...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

American Ballet Theatre dancer Christine Dunham in 'The Firebird' 17 x 22"
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
American Ballet Theatre dancer Christine Dunham in costume performing "The Firebird" in 1992. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition print is 17 x 22". C...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Archival Pigment

Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

16x20" Warhol Superstar Jane Forth, 'After Dark' cover, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Frank Langella star of 'Dracula' in his dressing room, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Frank Langella in his dressing room during the Broadway run of "Dracula" on Broadway, 1977. Signed by Jack...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Jane Forth & Michael Findlay nude for 'After Dark' magazine
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jane Forth & Michael Findlay nude for 'After Dark' magazine, 1970. Comes directly from t...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

American Ballet Theatre Children's Dance Class, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre Children's Dance Class, 1961. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mi...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Rudolf Nureyev photographed for 'After Dark', signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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....
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Archival Pigment

Argentine Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca's Feet, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentine Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca's Feet photographed for Dance Magazine, 1991. Signed by Jack Mitchell on ...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Photorealist painter Richard Estes in his Manhattan studio with new works
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of photorealist painter Richard Estes in his Manhattan studio with new works, 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a c...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Choreographer/Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1995. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certif...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Films director Paul Morrissey photographed nude for Vanity Fair
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Paul Morrissey, director of Andy Warhol's ‘Trash’, photographed for Vogue magazine on September 21, 1970. ...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

New York City Ballet Dancer Wendy Whelan in 'Swan Lake' signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
New York City Ballet dancer Wendy Whelan in ‘Swan Lake’, 1993. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed by Jack Mitchel...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn with Nik, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer Fernando Bujones, studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Fernando Bujones, who was the youngest principal male dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's his...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano nude study for Playboy
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano photographed nude for the December 1993 issue of Pl...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini feature article shot for 'After Dark' magazine
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini star of 'Seven Beauties', iconic portrait for 'After Dark' magazine feature article in 1976. This is a vintage gela...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Martha Graham Company "Phaedra's Dream", signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Martha Graham Company "Phaedra's Dream", 1988, with Donlin Foreman, Christine Daikin, and Kenneth Topping. Signed by Jack Mitchell on th...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Stage and Film Actress Ruth Gordon
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Actress Cicely Tyson, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Cicely Tyson photographed in 1976. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the Ja...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Argentine Ballet Dancer Julio Bocca's Legs & Feet, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Toni Morrison, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of Pulitzer-Prize winning author Toni Morrison was taken in 1979. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition print is 17 x 22". Comes direct ...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Archival Pigment

Artist Salvador Dali photographed in the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, Spain
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Male Nude from Numbered Nudes Series, multiple exposure signed exhibition print
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
5203 4 41 1995 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 ...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

English op artist Bridget Riley with her work, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of English op artist Bridget Riley photographed with her work at a Manhattan gallery showing in May 1975. It is signed on the verso in penci...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

ABT Dancer Lupe Serrano & Rudolph Nureyev Rehearsing for Television, Signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Actress Debbie Reynolds 'What Becomes A Legend Most?' Blackglama session photo
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Debbie Reynolds photographed by Jack Mitchell for the "What Becomes A Legend Most?" Blackglama fur ad cam...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Louis Falco performing 'Timewright' in Robert Indiana costume signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Louis Falco performing 'Timewright' wearing a costume by artist Robert Indiana, 1969, signed by Jack Mitchell, taken for The New York Times. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

David Boyce & Manuel Gonzalez multiple exposure, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri as "Giselle"
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri as "Giselle". Comes directly from the J...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano nude study for Playboy
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentinian dancers Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano photographed nude for the December 1993 issue of Pl...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Rebecca Wright and Larry Grenier in Joffrey Ballet's 'Dream'
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rebecca Wright and Larry Grenier in Joffrey Ballet's production of Sir Frederick Ashton's 'The Dream' in 19...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and his wife Dorothy. Signed By Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and his wife Dorothy in his New York studio in 1968. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes direc...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally photographed nude for After Dark
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally photographed nude in Mitchell's studio for 'After Dark' m...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

'Trash' Warhol Superstars Jane Forth & Joe Dallesandro for After Dark Magazine
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph of Warhol Superstar and Vogue model Jane Forth & Joe Dallesandro, stars of Warhol's 'Trash' for 'Afte...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dance Theatre of Harlem dancer Mel Tomlinson
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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 ...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling Studio Portrait
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling. This is a print that was published by After Dark Magazine or t...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol and the cast of his play "Pork" on stage at La Mama in New York City
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol and the cast of his play "Pork" on stage at La Mama in New York City in 1971. Wayne County is to Andy'...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Photographed November 2, 1980, Signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono photographed November 2, 1980, the last comprehensive photo session of...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer/choreographer Louis Falco and Jose Limon dancers for Dance magazine
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

NYCB Dancer Gelsey Kirkland performing "Firebird", signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Gelsey Kirkland performing "Firebird", 1970. Signed on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitc...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Artist Alex Katz at an exhibition of his paintings, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Alex Katz at an exhibition of his recent works in Manhattan, 1964. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly fro...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Artist Lowell Nesbitt in his Manhattan home & studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of painter Lowell Nesbitt in his Manhattan studio with his paintings, 1969. Signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Sculptor Louise Nevelson in her NYC studio
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of sculptor Louise Nevelson in her New York City studio in 1983. 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...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

British Pop Artist Gerald Laing and wife photographed nude
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Artist Gerald Laing and his wife Galina Golikova, nude, 1968. Gerald was a close friend of Jack Mitchell and the photos were taken to celebrate their wedding. Vintage silver gelatin ...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Rudolf Nureyev at his friend Monique van Vooren's apartment, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev photographed at his friend Monique van Vooren's apartment for 'After Dark' magazine in 1973. M...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

16 x 20" Luciano Pavarotti with his father Fernando, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, operatic superstar, with his father, Fernando, also a tenor, photographed on March 16, 1...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer/choreographer Myra Kinch in "Giselle's Revenge", signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Myra Kinch in "Giselle's Revenge" at Jacob's Pillow, 1953. Signed on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack ...
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1950s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

American Ballet Theater Dancer Principal Dancer Lupe Serrano Studio Portrait
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Lupe Serrano, studio portrait, 1966. 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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer Fernando Bujones, photographed for Dance Magazine, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Fernando Bujones, who was the youngest principal male dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's his...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

American classical double bass virtuoso Gary Karr nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Large format vintage multiple exposure male nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1980s Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1990s Abstract Jack Mitchell Art

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Silver Gelatin

Jack Mitchell art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Jack Mitchell art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of purple, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Jack Mitchell in silver gelatin print, pigment print, archival pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Pop Art style. Not every interior allows for large Jack Mitchell art, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Andy Warhol, Nicholas Taylor, and Heidler & Heeps. Jack Mitchell art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $300 and tops out at $2,275, while the average work can sell for $1,250.

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