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Mitchell Funk
Crushed Coke Can Street Asphalt - Real Life Street Art

2014

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Mitchell Funk's color photograph of "Crushed Coke Can on Street Asphalt" documents street art created by a pedestrian. Funk transforms it into a graphic and abstract image of popular culture. Signed and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, Dated and titled on verso, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to found subject matter. Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Unlike most street photographers, Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others
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