Mitchell Funk

Camel, Petra, Jordan

1979

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...

An endless road is pictured in a timeless landscape. As the road winds through the vast expanse of the American West, the grandeur of the surrounding landscape minimizes a solitary c...

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...

A former student of the American landscape photographer Ansel Adams, Neil Folberg is known for his color landscapes of the Middle East and black-and-white techniques that champion th...

Edition of 3 1/3 The photograph comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal. Karim - 'Desert Life' Photography on paper. framed. Karim is a very unique, and...

Antelope Canyon, Arizona Color photograph, n.d. Signed in ink on verso (see photo) Titled, numbered on verso (see photo) Edition: 50 (2/50) Shaped by millions of years of water and w...

Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days. Camel Graffiti is a stunning Archival Inkjet Print in an Edition of 25 in this size ...