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Mitchell Funk
South Beach in the 1970s. Old Man Walking Enters Building - Old Miami Beach

1975

About the Item

This image of an elderly man entering a dilapidated Miami Beach apartment building shows how the famous resort looked before it became a hip international resort. Mitchell Funk's graphic and highly composed street photography break with the tradition of the street snapshot aesthetic. Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed and printed later. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle 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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