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Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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
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 Black and White Photography

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Yann Le Gac
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
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...
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1970s Surrealist Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Danish Dancer & Choreographer Erik Bruhn, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Danish dancer and choreographer Erik Bruhn, 1956. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes directly f...
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1950s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sculptor Louise Nevelson in her Manhattan studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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New York City Ballet dancers silhouette, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Nude male model multiple exposure with plant leaves
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer & Choreographer Louis Falco Performing
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Artist Red Grooms in his studio
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Martha Graham, Bertram Ross, performing "Phaedra", signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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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 Black and White Photography

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New York City Ballet principal dancers Suzanne Farrell and Joseph Duell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of New York City Ballet principal dancers Suzanne Farrell and Joseph Duell performing, 1986. Comes directly ...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Veronica Lake at a party w/ Andy Warhol, Candy Darling and Paul Morrissey
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Russian/American ballet dancer Alexander Godunov, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Russian/American ballet dancer Alexander Godunov, photographed for Dance Magazine, 1981. Signed by Jack...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally 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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sculptor Louise Nevelson in her Manhattan studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musician/Composer Philip Glass iconic studio portrait, 1984. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the prin...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Comedian Robin Williams crying like his baby son Zachary signed exhibition print
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Male model 'Brahm' photographed for After Dark, 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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Von Hackendahl, Bodybuilder/Model, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

American Realist Artist Janet Fish
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American realist artist Janet Fish, 1995. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mit...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer Keith McDaniel, nude, signed by 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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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Actor, choreographer, dancer Geoffrey Holder signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis 'Women in Revolt' signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Portrait Study of Alexander Godunov, signed and numbered by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Painter Stephen Mueller in his Manhattan Studio
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of painter Stephen Mueller in his Manhattan studio with his paintings, 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mi...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Artist Red Grooms, signed By Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pop Artist Jack Brusca in his Manhattan studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sculptor Marisol, (Marisol Escobar), iconic portrait signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Trisha Brown and Lance Grier performing 'Set and Reset', signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

British-American Artist Malcolm Morley, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British-American Artist Malcolm Morley, 2001. Signed on the print recto by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol 'Heat' Superstars Sylvia Miles & Joe Dallesandro, nude for After Dark
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Harkness Ballet principal dancers Roderick Drew & Richard Wolf performing
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Harkness Ballet principal dancers Roderick Drew and Richard Wolf performing, 1966. Comes directly from the ...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

American Ballet Theatre Ballerina Toni Lander, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre Ballerina Toni Lander, 1964. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell A...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Artist Ellsworth Kelly in his New York studio, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Artist, dancer, choreographer & actor Geoffrey Holder, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rebekah Harkness, American composer, sculptor, & founder of the Harkness Ballet
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rebekah Harkness, American composer, sculptor, and founder of the Harkness Ballet, 1966. Comes directly ...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Photographer Richard Avedon planning his Marlborough Gallery exhibition, 1975.
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Broadway star Joel Grey in costume for 'George M!'
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling and Dorian Gray
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Film noir actress Veronica Lake at a party with Andy Warhol and Candy Darling
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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 ...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstars Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro stars of "Heat" for After Dark
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Artist Lowell Nesbitt in his Manhattan home & studio with his work
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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 Black and White Photography

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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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

American classical composer David Leo Diamond, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American classical composer David Leo Diamond, 1988. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Come...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Actor & filmmaker Warren Beatty, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actor and filmmaker Warren Beatty, photographed the year he wrote, produced, directed and starred in 'Heaven Can Wait', 1978. Signed by ...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ultra Violet & friends, nude for After Dark magazine signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Artist William Wegman and his beloved dog Fay, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist William Wegman and his beloved dog Fay, 1995. Signed by Jack Mitchell on print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archi...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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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 Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lucas Hoving Dance Company performing 'Icarus'
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Lucas Hoving Dance Company performers Nancy Lewis, Chase Robinson, and Lucas Hoving in "Icarus" in 1965. Comes directly from the Jack Mi...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Broadway choreographer and director Joe Layton, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Broadway choreographer and director Joe Layton - 1960. Signed on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a ...
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1960s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley performing
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley performing, 1991. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...
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1990s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

16 x 20" professional bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of professional bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger (and future film star and Governor of California) posing at the top of his form in Octobe...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

16 x 20" Kenneth Rinker Dance Company performing, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Kenneth Rinker Dance Company performance in 1984 with dancers Nancy Nasworthy, Chase Winton, Chuck Finlon, Kristin Eliasberg, Chris Kauf...
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1980s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Warhol Superstars Joe Dallesandro & Sylvia Miles in 'Heat' nude for 'After Dark'
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
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...
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1970s Pop Art Jack Mitchell Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack Mitchell black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Jack Mitchell black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Jack Mitchell in silver gelatin print, archival pigment print, 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 black and white photography, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Andy Warhol, Nicholas Taylor, and Leni Sinclair. Jack Mitchell black and white photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $400 and tops out at $2,275, while the average work can sell for $1,250.

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