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Mitchell Funk
New Yorkers Crossing the Street in Silhouette High Contrast, Street Photography

2020

$6,500
£4,882.98
€5,630.87
CA$9,019.60
A$10,022.76
CHF 5,252.03
MX$122,911.32
NOK 66,986.64
SEK 63,018.57
DKK 42,026.44
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Figures silhouetted by extreme lighting yield a dramatic and powerful view of New York City life. This is a stunning example of Mitchell Funk blending the abstract with the representational. He is one of the few photographers working today who constructs his photographs around dramatic lighting and precise and unexpected compositions. Signed and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, Dated and titled on verso, other sizes available, unframed. 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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