GME Celebrates the Legacy of Photographer Jack Mitchell During Pride Month

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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.

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GME Notes the First Broadway Theater to Feature a Black Woman’s Name in Honor of Lena Horne

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GME Notes the First Broadway Theater to Feature a Black Woman’s Name in Honor of Lena Horne

Broadway theaters have always been named for giants of the stage—including, to name a few, Eugene O’Neill, George and Ira Gershwin, and Neil Simon. Historically, however, few Black artists have received this honor. Now, in a historic first, a Broadway theater will be named for a Black woman: singer and actress Lena Horne.

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In Recognition of Juneteenth GME Presents Hugh Bell's Photographs of Jean Genet’s Play THE BLACKS at the St. Mark’s Playhouse in 1961

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In Recognition of Juneteenth GME Presents Hugh Bell's Photographs of Jean Genet’s Play THE BLACKS at the St. Mark’s Playhouse in 1961

Jean Genet ’s 1959 play, THE BLACKS, uses the framework of a play within a play, to expose racial prejudice and stereotypes while exploring black identity. It was the longest-running Off-Broadway non-musical of the 60s and was photographed by Hugh Bell.

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NAACP Award Winning Film THROUGH A LENS DARKLY Featuring Photographer Hugh Bell Recently Returned to PBS

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NAACP Award Winning Film THROUGH A LENS DARKLY Featuring Photographer Hugh Bell Recently Returned to PBS

THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE, probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost. Directed by Thomas Allen Harris. The film features the late photographer Hugh Bell.

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GME is Proud to Announce our Exclusive Partnership with the Jack Mitchell Archive

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GME is Proud to Announce our Exclusive Partnership with the Jack Mitchell Archive

Over the course of a career spanning more than half a century, Jack Mitchell (1925 – 2013) photographed dancers, artists, musicians, writers, and film and theatre performers, in more than 6,000 individual sessions. As part of GME’s ongoing commitment to further the legacy of photographers and their work, we are proud to announce an exclusive partnership with the Jack Mitchell Archives. Our goal is to place this unique and comprehensive collection with a major cultural institution, to secure high-profile exhibitions of his photographs worldwide, and to make available the licensing rights to these reproduced images.

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Video Librarian List Billie Holiday Documentary One of Best Documentaries of 2021

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Video Librarian List Billie Holiday Documentary One of Best Documentaries of 2021

BILLIE, directed by James Erskine, is a portrait of legendary singer Billie Holiday based on more than 200 audio interviews conducted by journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl in the 1970s. A compelling look at the jazz legend who should never be forgotten. The film includes rare photos of Billie Holiday taken by Hugh Bell, licensed to the production by Gartenberg Media, the exclusive representative of the Estate of Hugh Bell.

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The Sweet Life - Raimondo Borea Photographs Federico Fellini in Rome

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The Sweet Life - Raimondo Borea Photographs Federico Fellini in Rome

Following the release of Fellini’s masterpiece, LA DOLCE VITA, in 1960, photographer Raimondo Borea, traveling on assignment for NBC’s Today, captured this portrait of himself (center) with the director (right) and Today’s Dave Garroway (left) in the Piazza Navona. LA DOLCE VITA screens at the Museum of Modern Art on Sunday, 1/9/22.

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GME Takes on Exclusive Representation of the Jack Mitchell Photography Collection

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GME Takes on Exclusive Representation of the Jack Mitchell Photography Collection

GME is proud to announce our partnership with the Jack Mitchell archive granting us exclusive representation of the Jack Mitchell archive for placement of the collection with a cultural institution and for high profile exhibitions of his work. Jack Mitchell achieved renown as a freelance photographer for The New York Times Arts and Leisure Section. His stunning portraits of virtually every major figure in the Arts graced the pages of the Times, as well as myriad other national and international publications. They include choreographers and dancers, musicians and composers, actors and writers, and stars of theater, film and television.

GME’s Fine Arts Curator David Deitch and company President Jon Gartenberg recently returned from a work trip to survey the Jack Mitchell archive and to view a recent exhibition of his work at the Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama.

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