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Mitchell Funk
Dog Park in Magenta - Dogs and People having Fun

2020

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New Yorkers walk their dogs in an upper east side park. The scene is shot at dawn. First light skims across the ground and gives the whole picture a mesmerizing quality in pinks and magentas. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, numbered 2/15, dated lower right recto. Other sizes are available and the fine art photograph is 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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Raining with Sunshine: Three Horses in Autumn Rain and Golden Light in New York
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For 55 years, Mithcell Funk has been capturing the emotive power of color and light. In the present image, "Raining with Sunshine," Funk captures three horses lined up in a row and ...
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1970s Impressionist Landscape Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Head Shop East Village New York City, Hippie Era
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Located in Miami, FL
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 ...
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1970s Contemporary Landscape Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hard Times - Street People in Monochromatic Grey New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1971, it was qu...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Horses, East Hampton
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Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Can a street photograph be a grab shot and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Peacock in Tree with Iridescent Blue and Green Plumage
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Art by God? If so, the peacock is his most magnificent creation. The bird's majestic and iridescent metallic blues and greens with an endlessly large train are on full display. Th...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Business Man Rises Above the Manhattan Skyline - Staged Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A two-inch plastic toy figure of a suited man is placed on top of an extended firetruck ladder. The toy truck and man are placed on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights building and positioned directly in front of the lower Manhattan skyline. At the time, it was the very center of of world commerce. The two-inch toy man raises above the tallest and most important buildings , including the recently finished World Trade Center Twin Towers. Clearly, this man is above it all and this photo is more than child's play. The work is signed, numbered 2/15, dated and titled lr. printed later, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies and staged photography. He also photographs his own paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs he creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970's and early 1980's. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg...
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1970s Conceptual Portrait Photography

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