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Jack Mitchell's (1925-2013) bulging photographic portfolio of actors, writers, painters, musicians and dancers describes a pictorial history of the arts in the late 20th century. 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...Read More

Jack Mitchell Archives

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Featured Pieces

Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' Nude, Signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine nude study, photographed in 1972. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium...
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1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' Nude, Signed

Jack Mitchell
Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' Nude, Signed, 1972

Bejart Ballet Dancer Marcia Haydee in Greece, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of Bejart Ballet principal dancer Marcia Haydee photographed in Athens, Greece (nude under a diaphanous cotton wrap) at dawn in June 1983...
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1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bejart Ballet Dancer Marcia Haydee in Greece, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Bejart Ballet Dancer Marcia Haydee in Greece, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1983

Bejart Ballet Dancer Marcia Haydee in Greece, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of Bejart Ballet principal dancer Marcia Haydee photographed in Athens, Greece (nude under a diaphanous cotton wrap) at dawn in June 1983...
Category

1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bejart Ballet Dancer Marcia Haydee in Greece, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Bejart Ballet Dancer Marcia Haydee in Greece, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1983

Operatic Soprano Leontyne Price, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of famed operatic soprano Leontyne Price was taken in 1980 during an album cover session. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photogr...
Category

1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Operatic Soprano Leontyne Price, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Operatic Soprano Leontyne Price, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1980

Patti LuPone 'Anything Goes' Dance Magazine Cover 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of diva Patti LuPone, choreographer Michael Smuin and the cast of Broadway hit 'Anything Goes' was taken in 1987 for the cover of Dance Ma...
Category

1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Patti LuPone 'Anything Goes' Dance Magazine Cover 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Patti LuPone 'Anything Goes' Dance Magazine Cover 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1987

Bob Fosse 'Big Deal' Dance Magazine Cover Shot, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of Bob Fosse and the cast of his Broadway hit 'Big Deal' was taken in 1986 for the cover of Dance Magazine. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This e...
Category

1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bob Fosse 'Big Deal' Dance Magazine Cover Shot, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Bob Fosse 'Big Deal' Dance Magazine Cover Shot, 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1986

Artist Andy Warhol at the Factory, Color Portrait 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of artist Andy Warhol was taken in his Union Square Factory in 1968 for a magazine feature article. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibitio...
Category

1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Artist Andy Warhol at the Factory, Color Portrait 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Artist Andy Warhol at the Factory, Color Portrait 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1968

Fashion Designer Willi Smith, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Fashion designer Willi Smith, photographed in April 1984. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition print is 17 x 22". Comes dire...
Category

1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fashion Designer Willi Smith, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Fashion Designer Willi Smith, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1984

Poet & Playwright Ntozake Shange, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Playwright, poet and black feminist Ntozake Shange photographed with the cast of her play “A Photograph: Lovers in Motion,” in 1977. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photograp...
Category

1970s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Poet & Playwright Ntozake Shange, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Poet & Playwright Ntozake Shange, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1977

Public Enemy 'Don't Believe the Hype', Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, and members of the hip hop group Public Enemy, photographed in September 1988. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition...
Category

1980s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Public Enemy 'Don't Believe the Hype', Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Public Enemy 'Don't Believe the Hype', Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1988

Poet & Playwright Ntozake Shange, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Playwright, poet and black feminist Ntozake Shange photographed with the cast of her play “A Photograph: Lovers in Motion,” in 1977. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photograp...
Category

1970s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Poet & Playwright Ntozake Shange, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Poet & Playwright Ntozake Shange, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1977

Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein in his Studio, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein photographed in his New York studio with new work in 1968. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This exhibition print is 17 x 22". Comes di...
Category

1960s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein in his Studio, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph

Jack Mitchell
Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein in his Studio, Color 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph, 1968

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More About Jack Mitchell Archives

Jack Mitchell shares amusing anecdotes and personal remembrances of fourteen of his favorite sessions with famous subjects including Gloria Swanson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Louise Nevelson, John Travolta, and Marcel Marceau.

An Introduction to Jack Mitchell and the Archives, 6 minutes.

Jack Mitchell Photographs of Artists, 12 minutes.

The artistry of Jack Mitchell - an excerpt from "Jack Mitchell: My Life is Black and White" the 2006 documentary about the master photographer's life and work.

The artistry of Jack Mitchell - an excerpt from "Jack Mitchell: My Life is Black and White" the 2006 documentary about the master photographer's life and work.

Meryl Streep, photographed by Jack Mitchell for the New York Times Magazine, 1979.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono photographed by Jack Mitchell in 1980, days before Lennon's murder.

Salvador Dali photographed by Jack Mitchell in 1966.