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Mitchell Funk
Primary Colors in Street Photography

1975

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Bright reds, yellows, blue and green stripes adorn a wall in lower Manhattan. Chairs of the same color scheme line the street and have an older woman with a scarf covering her face. The whole image is very much Color-Field painting in photography. It was done in 1975 and the groundbreaking art movement may have influenced Mitchell Funk. But he brought the concept into color photography. The work is Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed. Printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper The color will vary from monitor to monitor. 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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