Jack Mitchell Photography

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

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre Ballerina Toni Lander, 1966. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...

Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini star of 'Seven Beauties', iconic portrait for 'After Dark' magazine feature article in 1976. This is a vintage gela...

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 artist Tom Wesselmann in his New York City studio in 1969. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitc...

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 Conductor, Pianist & Composer Michael Tilson Thomas, and his partner/manager (now husband) Joshua Mark R...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell in pencil on the reverse. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This ...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of silver screen superstar Gloria Swanson posing dramatically with a white carnation, her signature flower, i...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Carmen De Lavallade, 1961. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate o...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Christine Klepal performing, 1983. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wit...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of New York City Ballet dancer Peter Boal performing "Apollo", 1990. Signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Ja...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Uta Hagen, Amy Wright and Laila Robins double exposure for the poster for the Broadway play ‘Mrs. Klein’ A...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of author Christopher Isherwood and his partner, artist Don Bachardy, 1974. Comes directly from the J...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of stage and film actor Kevin Kline, 1975. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. with the cast of his play "Wanda June", signed by Jack Mitchell on the print ver...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of famed American Ballet Theatre dancer Royes Fernandez, considered to be America's first premier ba...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley performing, 1982. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...

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...

New York City Ballet dancers John Clifford and Brian Pitts, photographed for 'After Dark' magazine, 1970. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Signed b...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol Superstar Jane Forth, star of 'Trash' photographed for Vogue, 1970. This is a print that was published by After Dark Magazine...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Modern Dance Masters: Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins,...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Ellsworth Kelly photographed at his Des Artistes apartment studio on October 3, 1968. Comes d...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Frank Stella in his studio, 1987. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitc...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol at his Whitney Museum Retrospective in 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell in pencil on the verso. Not part of an edition, this is...

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 Warhol Superstar Candy Darling photographed for After Dark Magazine, June 21, 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell in pencil on the print verso...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph of Warhol Superstar and Vogue model Jane Forth & Joe Dallesandro, stars of Warhol's 'Trash' for '...

Joffrey Ballet dancer Robert Blankshine, 1973. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. Dry mounted on archival board for ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater principal dancer Cynthia Gregory in 'Swan Lake', 1976. Signed by Mitchell on the ...

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 actor Frank Langella, 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Robert Indiana photographed with his LOVE sculpture Manhattan's Central Park in 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Arch...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of the Metropolitan Opera Dialogues of the Carmelites, stars Shirley Verrett, Regine Crespin and Maria Ewing...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancers Lar Lubovitch, Jeanne Solan, Sally Trammell & Ernest Pagnano performing at New York's Public Theate...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of photographer Richard Avedon planning his Marlborough Gallery exhibition in 1975. Comes directly from ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis photographed May 21, 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes dire...

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 sculptor Cletus Johnson posing with his work in 1974. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Roy Lichtenstein posing in his studio with new work in the background, extremely unusual image standing next to a mirror. This is ...

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 Superstar Jackie Curtis starring as Blue Denim with Andy Warhol transvestite superstar Candy Darling in his hit play "Vain Victor...

NYCB Dancer/Choreographer Edward Villella leaping, photographed in 1960. This is a vintage gelatin silver print 11x14", selenium toned, made by hand by...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor John Travolta in costume for the film ‘Stayin’ Alive’ which was filming on location in New York City,...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Paris Opera Ballet principal dancer Patrick Dupond, photographed for Dance Magazine, 1984. Signed by J...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Dina Merrill, 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authentici...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artists and partners Robert Indiana (holding his pet cat on his shoulder) and William Katz with artist friend Charles Hinman outside the...

Dancers Nels Jorgensen, Robert Joffrey, and Paul Sutherland rehearsing in street clothes – 1962. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph th...

Jack Mitchell signed vintage mid-20th Century photograph of Broadway and Movie star Tommy Tune. Photo taken in 1974. Highly collectible original vintage silver gelatin print, stamped on back by the photographer "Copyright 1974 JACK MITCHELL 356 East 74, New York City" and signed by Mitchell in 1978. Special Holiday Price. Jack Mitchell (1925 - 2013) was an American photographer of artists, dancers, film and theater performers, musicians and writers. He is hailed as one of the most important dance photographers of the 20th century. His work appeared in major newspapers and on the cover of major magazines, including over 160 covers of Dance Magazine. The Smithsonian called him “the benchmark by which other dance photographers assessed their own work”. Mitchell photographed John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 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, Natalie Wood, and Gloria Swanson. His work appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, Time, Vanity Fair and Vogue, among others. Tommy Tune, born February 28, 1939, is a six-foot, seven-inch tall Broadway tap dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, and director from Wichita Falls, Texas His father was an oil rig worker, horse trainer, and restaurateur. He moved to New York City and within twenty-four hours landed a role in the road company of Irma La Douce...

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 actor, choreographer, director, costume designer, and dancer Geoffrey Holder, 1964. Comes directly from ...

13 x 19" Lifetime vintage archival pigment color print made under the instruction of and approved by Jack Mitchell. Fashion designer Gianni Versace, ...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Broadway stage and Hollywood film actress Gloria Swanson photographed at her home in New York City in 1965. This is a print that was publ...

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...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Jorge Donn, photographed in 1979, numbered 8/25. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in penc...

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 Joffrey Ballet dancer Robert Blankshine in costume, 1966. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Co...