Jack Mitchell Art

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...

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 st...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Jack Brusca, 1969. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity.

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Richard Lane and Stephen Kockser photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1972. Comes directly from the Ja...

11 x 14 inch vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol at his Factory at 33 Union Square West in New York City with 16mm film reels and posters for Tu...

Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine iconic nude study, photographed in 1972. LGBTQ+ Pride This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, mad...

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, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

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'...

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 British pop artist Gerald Laing and his wife Galina pose nude for wedding photos in Jack Mitchell's studio,...

Paul Morrissey, director of ‘Trash’, photographed nude for Vogue magazine on September 21, 1970. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Joe Dallesandro photographed with his brother Bobby in 1970 for "After Dark" magazine. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the v...

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...

Bodybuilder (and future film star and Governor of California) Arnold Schwarzenegger, photographed at the top of his form for After Dark magazine on October 5, 1976. Vintage silver g...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn photographed during a break in dance class, January 20, 1965. This photograph was on the cover of the May ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet (real name Isabelle Collin Dufresne) and stylist Corey Tippin photograp...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Photorealist Artist John Kacere at an exhibition of his paintings in 19712. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certi...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Joffrey Ballet dancer Christian Holder photographed nude, 1970. Signed on the verso by Jack Mitchell. Come...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Paul Taylor Dance Company in performance, 1991. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a c...

Professional bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger posing at the top of his form in October 1976 for a cover and feature article in After Dark magazine. One of Mitchell's most beautiful ...

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 Modern Dance Masters: Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins,...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev photographed at Monique van Vooren's apartment in 1970, numbered 14 of 25. It is signed by Jac...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of David Parsons in Paul Taylor's "Arden Court", 1984. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes direc...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Julie Newmar, 1974. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authentici...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet (real name Isabelle Collin Dufresne) nude, 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print recto. Comes...

Warhol Superstar 'Trash' star, and model Jane Forth, 'After Dark' nude cover shot for the April 1970 issue, photographed in 1970. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium ton...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of choreographer and Martha Graham Company dancer Tim Wengerd performing in 1979. It is signed by Jack Mitchell ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, of Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, one of the most important ballet dancers of the later part of the 20th centu...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of photorealist painter Tom Blackwell in his Manhattan studio with new work, 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a ce...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Broadway star Ethel Merman photographed April 29, 1982. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with...

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...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Alexander Godunov, 1981. Signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitch...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph ofRudolf Nureyev photographed at Monique van Vooren's apartment in 1970. This is a print that was published by Af...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, one of the most important ballet dancers of the later part of the 20th centur...

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...

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...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstar Jane Forth & Michael Findlay nude for 'After Dark' magazine, 1970. Comes directly from t...

Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century photograph of modern dancer Louis Falco in his classic work "Timewright". Copyright stamped and dated 1969 and personally signed by Jack Mitche...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet (real name Isabelle Collin Dufresne) photographed in 1971 in New York City nude...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams photographed January 20, 1966. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes di...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Edmond La Fosse, 1975. Signed on the verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archiv...

Ellen Kogan performing a tribute to Ruth St. Denis choreography in 1994, signed by Jack Mitchell, taken for The New York Times. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph t...

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...

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...

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 Grammy Award-winning Singer Songwriter Roberta Flack, photographed in 1971. Comes directly from the Jack M...

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...

Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful nude photograph of ballet and Broadway dancer Jeremy Blanton in 1972. Blanton was a spectacular dancer in numerous international ballet compa...

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 Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell's artist’s statement on this project: For five decades in New York City I photographed established and emerging creative and performing artists for major publications. The Numbered Nudes photographs are a development, and expansion, of my dance photography...

Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca, one of the most important ballet dancers of the later part of the 20th century, photographed in 1991. One of Mitchell's mo...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Bill McCourt, 1972. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity...

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 ...

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 actress Dina Merrill, 1966. Signed on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of musician/singer David Byrne, founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave b...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of English photorealist painter John Salt, 1971. Signed on the print verso by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Famed Native American Ballerina Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn performing 'Miss Julie', at the American Ba...