GME Celebrates the Legacy of Photographer Jack Mitchell During Pride Month

As Pride month comes to a close, GME celebrates the legacy of photographer Jack Mitchell. In 1957 Jack met Bob Pavlik. Within a few weeks they moved together into a large apartment at East 74th Street and York Avenue that afforded them adequate space for a photography studio and darkroom. Bob became Jack’s business and life partner. Over the course of a career spanning more than half a century, Jack Mitchell (1925 – 2013) photographed artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers in more than 6,000 individual sessions. His work frequently appeared on the cover of major magazines as well as in newspapers. A number of Mitchell’s subjects are gay icons in their own right, including Tommy Tune, Andy Warhol, Arnie Zane and Bill T. Jones, Audre Lord, Rudolph Nureyev, and Tennessee Williams.

GME represents on an exclusive basis the sale of the Jack Mitchell archive to a cultural institution, as well as initiating exhibitions of his work worldwide. Click here for news about Jack Mitchell.

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