Mitchell Funk

" Hello. I'm a Pigeon" - Golden Facade with Red Eye Pigeon in Manhattan

2022

For generations, The Bowery was known for homeless, abandoned alcoholics. This insightful and soulful portrait from 1969 shows one of the Bowery's street residents against a green w...

For decades the Bowery as the home of a huge vagrant population in New York City. This 1970 portrait captures a derelict with piercing blue eyes that echos his blue state of mind a...

The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...

In the 1970s color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the street with Kodachrome. His goal is to make color photography full of color. In this image, notice how the colors of the kids...

Even at the age of 19, street photographer Mitchell Funk forged a unique style of street color photography. It was based on formal and exacting compositions with an emphasis on stron...

Kids from the Neighborhood in Red Hood Brooklyn are hanging out. This is what Brooklyn was like in the early 1970s. Notice the metal garbage cans. S...

Supermodel III C Print On Fuji Paper Collection: Dutch Masters One size: 44.5 x 34.5 Edition of 7 + 3 Artist Proofs, 8 left DUTCH MASTERPIECE These Self-portraits remind us of hist...

DUTCH MASTERPIECE These Self-portraits remind us of historic female archetypes and bring to mind a mysterious beauty that we would typically associate with the classical age of portr...

DUTCH MASTERPIECE These Self-portraits remind us of historic female archetypes and bring to mind a mysterious beauty that we would typically associate with the classical age of portr...

"FLOWER EVOLUTION The most highly coveted of ornamental plants, the delicate, and graceful orchid represents love, feminity, beauty and strength. The orchids have a magical quality. The genus Phalaenopsis was described in1825 by a Dutch botanist, on the island of Java. The story goes that during one of his journeys he saw a group of butterflies practically motionlessly whirling by a tree. These turned out to be orchids. Like a metaphor for profound change in the cycles of our lives, moving from one state, perspective, or lifestyle to another, the butterfly’s remarkable shape shifting journey carries an important message for us to seek out and find our true essence, no matter how far removed it may be from our present selves. It’s an inspiring message that teaches us that growth and transformation need not be traumatic or painful, but rather liberating and joyful, a natural part of life’s continuous unfolding. We’ve all heard the saying “the only constant is change,” and embracing change, whether that change is external or part of our own interior landscape, is one of the keys to our positive personal evolution. Isabelle van Zeijl is an established mid-career international acclaimed artist. Recognized for her mastery to create striking self portraits with depth and meaning who enriches life, possessing lasting and impressionable depth and value. For Me...

C-print on Fuji Paper Edition of 7 + 3 Artist proofs "FLOWER EVOLUTION The most highly coveted of ornamental plants, the delicate, and graceful orchid represents love, feminity, bea...

DUTCH MASTERPIECE These Self-portraits remind us of historic female archetypes and bring to mind a mysterious beauty that we would typically associate with the classical age of portr...