[Marks, Bruce. (b. 1937)] Mitchell, Jack. (1925–2013). Original Photograph in "Miss Julie".
From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.
Original photograph of the American dancer Bruce Marks in his role in Miss Julie in 1962, by the noted photographer of the arts Jack Mitchell. Titled and copyrighted on the verso. Very fine. 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm).
"Mr. Mitchell was the official photographer for the American Ballet Theater, and he chronicled the work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for decades. Posing dancers, encouraging them to leap, to stretch, to point their feet, he “had a way of either moving you into the pose or getting you into the pose and keeping you live while you were in it,” Kevin McKenzie, the artistic director of American Ballet Theater, said in Mr. Highberger’s film, 'My Life Is Black and White.' " (Bruce Weber in the New York Times.)
[Marks, Bruce. (b. 1937)] Mitchell, Jack. (1925–2013). Original Photograph in "Miss Julie".
From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.
Original photograph of the American dancer Bruce Marks in his role in Miss Julie in 1962, by the noted photographer of the arts Jack Mitchell. Titled and copyrighted on the verso. Very fine. 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm).
"Mr. Mitchell was the official photographer for the American Ballet Theater, and he chronicled the work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for decades. Posing dancers, encouraging them to leap, to stretch, to point their feet, he “had a way of either moving you into the pose or getting you into the pose and keeping you live while you were in it,” Kevin McKenzie, the artistic director of American Ballet Theater, said in Mr. Highberger’s film, 'My Life Is Black and White.' " (Bruce Weber in the New York Times.)