Mitchell Funk

Life Magazine Cover July 1980, Mithcell Funk Lighthouse

1980

Since its construction, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center. More specifically, he has been recording how light affects and transforms the two giant monoliths. Like us all, Mitchell was inspired by the formidable presence of the two buildings. Living in Brooklyn Heights with great views of lower Manhattan gave him a special advantage and opportunity to assemble some of the most iconic Twin Tower images ever taken. To Mitchell Funk, the Twin Towers, of the World Trade Center were the perfect synthesis of commerce and art. Most modern architecture is simply functional. Minoru Yamasaki's Twin Towers were in fact something quite radical. They were a steel and glass expression of Minimalism on the grandest scale in human history. Everything in the towers was stripped down to its essential quality with nothing extraneous added ….. except light. The way the buildings reflected light made them unique and inspired Mitchell to record them in color for 32 years. Although, the exterior was actually made of a very reflective blue/grey stainless steel the warm light of daybreak and sunset could change their color and transform them from buildings into and mystical monumental sculptures. With the help of the sun as a key player, Mitchell’s images of the Twin Towers progress from the mystical to the spiritual as they reflect the sun’s intense golden energy. Under these conditions, one could argue, that the Twin Tower housed the same type of divine energy as the adjacent churches. In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, one could interpret Twin Tower sunset images differently. A sunset can be a symbol for the end of the day or simply The End. The 1969 image “Dead End” is a visual prognostication. The North Tower is under construction in the background and in the foreground, Mitchell has framed it between two street signs that read Dead End. In Mitchell’s Twin Tower photographs, he is not taking a tourist picture that says “here I am on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade...

Signed dated, numbered lower l 4/15 left recto , other sizes available, unframed, printed later

Signed, numbered and dated lower right 3/15 . unframed, other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a painter, advertising art director and photogra...

Signed, numbered and dated lower right 3/15 . unframed, other sizes available. printed later Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a painter, advertising art directo...

Mitchell Funk has been chronicling lighting effects in New York for over 50 years. This recent photography captures the magical moment of golden light pouring into 42nd street while...

Signed dated, numbered lower left recto 3/15 , other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer"....

TERRY EVANS (American b. 1944) "Between Kearny and Salina," June 13, 1990 Color photograph (chromogenic print, C Print) on photo paper, dated and hand sig...

TERRY EVANS (American b. 1944) "Terraced Plowing," September 4, 1990, Color photograph (chromogenic print, C Print) on photo paper, dated and hand signed...

Blue (Deconstructivism) - 2015 - about the narrative potential of images. 40x50cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Artist Inventory 3962. Signature label an...

Breathing III (Deconstructivism) - 2015 - about the narrative potential of images. 20x20cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Artist Inventory 15808. Signatu...

Blue II (Deconstructivism) - 2015 - about the narrative potential of images. 40x50cm, Edition of 10, digital C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Artist Inventory 3963. Signature label...

Large Scale Limited edition color photograph, 40"x60" depicting an abstract waterscape that has a painterly feel. In this photograph, the artist has captured a wave of blue ocean curling across the picture plane, into an orange rose and lavender sky, which are reflected in the water below. The photographer Danny Weiss...