Kenn Duncan
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Kenn Duncan (September 22, 1928 - July 27, 1986) was an American dance photographer.
Biography
[edit]Kenneth Duncan was born September 22, 1928, in New Jersey. He began his career as a skater and then a dancer. After breaking his foot and taking a six-week course on photography at a YMCA, he became a photographer. Duncan worked as a principal photographer for After Dark and Dance Magazine. His photographs also regularly appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Time, and Newsweek. In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera, Tommy Tune,[1] Jerry Herman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Carol Channing and Angela Lansbury. Duncan also shot several album covers including Barry Manilow's debut album cover in 1973.
Death and afterward
[edit]Kenn Duncan died July 27, 1986, in New York Hospital of toxoplasmosis, a complication of AIDS.[2]
Duncan's complete archive was acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2003.[3]
Published works
[edit]- Nudes (Dance Magazine, 1970)
- More Nudes (Danad Pub. Co., 1971)
- Red Shoes (Universe, 1984)
References
[edit]- ^ http://legacy.www.nypl.org/permissions/imagesref.cfm?id=162&catid=6[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kenn Duncan Is Dead; A Dance Photographer". New York Times. 1986-07-28.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (2003-09-09). "New York Public Library Acquires Duncan Photos of Hines, Peters, Midler and 599,997 More". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
External links
[edit]- Kenn Duncan at the Internet Broadway Database
- Kenn Duncan photograph archive, circa 1960-1986, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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