Kenn Duncan

Kenn Duncan (September 22, 1928 - July 27, 1986) was an American dance photographer.

Biography

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] Lawrence Leritz,[2] Jerry Herman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Carol Channing and Angela Lansbury.

Death and afterward

Kenn Duncan died July 27, 1986 in New York Hospital of toxoplasmosis, a complication of AIDS.[3]

Duncan's complete archive was acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2003.[4]

Published works

References

  1. ↑ http://legacy.www.nypl.org/permissions/imagesref.cfm?id=162&catid=6
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2932048640/nm0004328
  3. ↑ "Kenn Duncan Is Dead; A Dance Photographer". New York Times. 1986-07-28.
  4. ↑ Gans, Andrew (2003-09-09). "New York Public Library Acquires Duncan Photos of Hines, Peters, Midler and 599,997 More". Playbill.


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