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Jack Robinson began his art career in the early 1950s in New Orleans. At the behest of renowned gallerist Betty Parsons, he moved to New York in 1955 to pursue a career in photography. In 1959, he landed the cover of Life Magazine. Jack worked consistently as a freelance fashion photographer; most notably for The New York Times Sunday fashion magazine, where he became a favorite and go-to of fashion editor Carrie Donovan. When Carrie moved to Vogue under Diana Vreeland, she took Jack with her. His work appeared in the pages of Vogue over 500 times between 1965 and 1972. ...Read More

Jack Robinson Archive

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Times Square Records
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack took this photograph of music lovers hanging out and talking shop in the Times Square Records store around 1963. Silver gelatin print on Ilford Galerie Baryta paper Edition of...
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Times Square Records

Jack Robinson
Times Square Records, 1963 (Printed Later)

Audubon Park Swimming Pool, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Originally a graphic artist, he picked up the camera in New Orleans, honed his craft there photographing his life, friends, and street scenes, and eventually decided to pursue a care...
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1950s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Audubon Park Swimming Pool, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Audubon Park Swimming Pool, Silver Gelatin Print, Early 1950s (Printed Later)

Lingerie Shop, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack captured his own reflection against a lingerie display in New York in the mid 1960s. The window advertises the "luau sarong set for cruises," the "Happy Days are Here Again" lace set...
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1960s Black and White Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Lingerie Shop, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Lingerie Shop, Silver Gelatin Print, 1965 (Printed Later)

Lily Tomlin, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Writer and performer Lily Tomlin made her name in the NBC comedy show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Jack Robinson photographed Tomlin on March 29, 1971 for ...
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1970s Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Lily Tomlin, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Lily Tomlin, Silver Gelatin Print, 1971 (Printed Later)

Gloria Vanderbilt and Sons, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
On March 30, 1972, Jack Robinson photographed artist, actress, fashion designer, author, and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt with her sons Carter Cooper (1965-1988) and Anderson Cooper...
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1970s Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Gloria Vanderbilt and Sons, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Gloria Vanderbilt and Sons, Silver Gelatin Print, 1972 (Printed Later)

Wilhelmina Cooper (center), Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack Robinson was a frequent contributor to the New York Times Sunday fashion magazine. This photo, featuring Supermodel Wilhelmina Cooper in the cen...
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Wilhelmina Cooper (center), Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Wilhelmina Cooper (center), Silver Gelatin Print, Early 1960s (Printed Later)

Wilhelmina Cooper, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Supermodel Wilhelmina Cooper, born Wilhelmina Gertrud Frieda Behmenburg, began her illustrious career as a model signed to top agency Ford Models. In...
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1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Wilhelmina Cooper, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Wilhelmina Cooper, Silver Gelatin Print, Early 1960s (Printed Later)

Leonard Cohen, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Leonard Cohen, Canadian songwriter, folk singer, poet, novelist, and philosopher, came from a middle-class Jewish home in Westmount, Montreal, his father a successful clothing-store ...
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1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Leonard Cohen, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Leonard Cohen, Silver Gelatin Print, 1967 (Printed Later)

Isabella Albonico, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Born in Florence in 1937, Isabella Albonico began modeling in Europe when she was 15, and arrived in New York in 1957. The brown-haired, brown-eyed, Isabella worked often with Jack, ...
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1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Isabella Albonico, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Isabella Albonico, Silver Gelatin Print, Mid 1960s (Printed Later)

Anne St. Marie, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
When Jack first moved from New Orleans to New York to pursue a career in photography, he built up an impressive portfolio of fashion and cosmetics clients who contracted him for adve...
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1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Anne St. Marie, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Anne St. Marie, Silver Gelatin Print, Early 1960s (Printed Later)

Nina Simone, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
By the time she was photographed by Jack Robinson on October 30, 1969, few singers had fused gospel and pop with classical music as successfully as Nina Simone. Born as Eunice Kathl...
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1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Nina Simone, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Nina Simone, Silver Gelatin Print, 1969 (Printed Later)

Warren Beatty, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Warren Beatty dropped out of Northwestern University to study acting with Stella Adler. He made his film debut in Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass (1961). In 1967, Beatty teamed ...
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1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Warren Beatty, Silver Gelatin Print

Jack Robinson
Warren Beatty, Silver Gelatin Print, 1967 (Printed Later)

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