Mitchell Funk

Sci-fi Single Man, Surreal Road to Destiny, Camera 35 Cover - Surrealism -

1975

Pioneering SciFi photographer Mitchell Funk experiments with altered realms of reality by juxtaposing two landscapes of unnatural color to form a never-before-seen original vision. A single silhouetted figure looks out on a day-glow yellow sea leading to a dreamscape of trees. The yellow of water is picked up in the trees to unify the different perspectives. Published Popular Photography Magazine, February 1976...

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...

Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) - Chosen Journey II, Year: 2004, Medium: Chromogenic Print on Canvas mounted to board, signed and dated lower left and signed, titled, numbere...

Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) - Cosmic Desire V, Year: 2009, Medium: Chromogenic Print and Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated in pen lower left, titled on verso, Size: 49.7...