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Mitchell Funk
Elderly Husband and Wife Group Street Portrait Against a Manhattan Red Wall

1972

$5,000
£3,863.37
€4,466.42
CA$7,065.36
A$7,924.27
CHF 4,149.82
MX$96,287.64
NOK 52,695.75
SEK 49,959.28
DKK 33,339.47

About the Item

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 50 years ago, in 1972, it was quite a trailblazing effort. Color captures something that is missing in Black and White. It's a greater sense of realism. Funk is an early voice for tight design, color, and carefully composed compositions instead of the more generally accepted "snapshot" street image. The fine art print is signed, dated, and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other sizes are available. unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed simultaneously? 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 of 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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