![]() ![]() Mitchell took hundreds of pictures for The New York Times, as both portraitist and a capturer of complex motion. ![]() The Smithsonian now holds The Jack Mitchell Photography of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Collection, including 8,288 black-and-white negatives, 2,106 color slides and transparencies, and 339 black-and-white prints. The Smithsonian called him the benchmark by which other dance photographers assessed their own work. Mitchell was one of the first photographers to treat creative individuals as characters outside of their work. His work appeared in major newspapers and on the cover of magazines, including over 160 covers of Dance magazine. His photographic portfolio of actors, writers, painters, musicians, and especially dancers remain a truly great pictorial history late 20th century performing arts. “ Always ask for more and sometimes you’ll get it.” ![]()
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