Kenn Duncan Explained

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] 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

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

• Nudes (Dance Magazine, 1970)
• More Nudes (Danad Pub. Co., 1971)
• Red Shoes (Universe, 1984)

External links

• • Kenn Duncan photograph archive, circa 1960-1986, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Notes and References

1. http://legacy.www.nypl.org/permissions/imagesref.cfm?id=162&catid=6{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. News: Kenn Duncan Is Dead; A Dance Photographer . New York Times . 1986-07-28 .
3. News: Andrew . Gans . New York Public Library Acquires Duncan Photos of Hines, Peters, Midler and 599,997 More . Playbill . 2003-09-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011193055/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/81534-New-York-Public-Library-Acquires-Duncan-Photos-of-Hines-Peters-Midler-and-599997-More . 2012-10-11 .