Mitchell Funk

Camel Caravan

1981

Quintessential view of this historic place depicted with graphically powerful silhouette. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 4 of 15, Printed later. Unframed

Mitchell Funk was a pioneer of Sci-Fi photography. He was a frequent contributor to Omni Magazine. This work was done for a promotional campaign for Om...

Historically , newsstand magazines have used a standard set of practices when it came to choosing their cover image. Their goal was to use a image that people could instantly relate to. The idea being, if an image pops off the page it will attract more attention and then generate more newsstand sales. For editors, choosing a cover was first a marketing decision and then an aesthetic one. That is why most magazine covers and (that includes art magazines) pretty much looked the same. They used familiar images, mostly of celebrities, beauty people or news items of that would beckon and aggressively reach out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure. Their cover image that was the opposite of the norm. Mitchell Funk’s Graphic Surreal Landscape...

Historically , newsstand magazines have used a standard set of practices when it came to choosing their cover image. Their goal was to use an image that people could instantly relate to. The idea being, if an image pops off the page it will attract more attention and then generate more newsstand sales. For editors, choosing a cover was first a marketing decision and then an aesthetic one. That is why most magazine covers and (that includes art magazines) pretty much looked the same. They used familiar images, mostly of celebrities, beauty people or news items of that would beckon and aggressively reach out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure. They used an image that was the opposite of the norm. Mitchell Funk’s Graphic Surreal Landscape breaks the rules of formula magazine cover art...

Animal interpretation of a last supper in the desert. Surreal fairytale scenery. Claire Rosen is an award-winning artist whose elaborate tableaux constructions often feature anthrop...

"Arteti Leading Camels" In this iconic photograph, a Rendille warrior takes his camels to find water. It is part of his role to make sure that each animal has what they need, even ...

"Arteti Leading Camels" In this iconic photograph, a Rendille warrior takes his camels to find water. It is part of his role to make sure that each animal has what they need, even ...

"Arteti Leading Camels" In this iconic photograph, a Rendille warrior takes his camels to find water. It is part of his role to make sure that each animal has what they need, even ...