Mitchell Funk Art

The romantic merges with the classic in Mitchell Funk's 1970s interpretation of the Brooklyn Bridge. With a long lens, Funk incorporates the emotionally joyful colors of out-of-focu...

Snow comes to Manhattans' Central Park and veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk captures it. Besides the understated muted beauty of the image, it's a document of emptiness in ...

Since 1969, Mitchell Funk has been a Minimalist Photographer. His signature style focuses on reducing pictorial elements to their essentials. In this recent image, shot in 2023, he continues the tradition but takes it to a new level. Funk captures a magic moment of a flock of alternating dark and light-colored pigeons in flight. He frames the shot as if it were a painting by Kenneth Noland...

The photograph of Laughing policeman on Horse 42nd Street Times Square with golden light depicts an unexpected private moment in the most public of spaces. The policeman is clear...

A golden Empire State Building sits comfortably inside the center arch of the Manhattan bridge as if that space was designed for it. Precise composition combined with magical late...

Gaudy commercial street signs for cigarettes visually align with a mid-century Motel sign to form a formal composition of vertical and horizontals. Pioneering color photographer, Mi...

In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this 19...

Bright reds, yellows, blue and green stripes adorn a wall in lower Manhattan. Chairs of the same color scheme line the street and have an older woman with a scarf covering her face. ...

A hunched-over nude man on an endless sunset road conjures up big themes. Time, distance, life, death, rebirth, and infinity are weaved together in a purposely enigmatic and dreamli...

Cherry Blossoms in Central Park with a lone figure in a blue shirt set against the iconic pre-war architecture of Central Park West. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on v...

Street photographer Mitchell Funk captures a magic moment. The image features a graceful lunging black poodle in pursuit of something outside the image area. The poodle is center...

Perpendicular lines of white and yellow, rectangles of yellow, and white bands of equal proportion define this overhead Manhattan intersection. As an afterthought, it's a nod to Mo...

What Brooklyn was like 51 years ago. Mitchell Funk brings new solutions to color photography in his use of golden light to transform a scene from a dull document into a beautiful a...

Mitchell Funk's continued exploration into the endless and fascinating beauty of the Chrysler Building's spire takes an unexpected turn in this semi-abstract image. His use of a 500mm lens throws out-of-focus the foreground while it simultaneously frames and compliments the Manhattan art...

Since 1969 Mitchell Funk has been photographing the Chrysler Building in dramatic and novel ways. This recent image incorporates the Chrysler Building's pointy neighbor, the supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt. Its modern spire harmonizes with the 1930 soaring Art Deco icon. Notice how Funk incorporates accents of yellow that offsets the twilight blue. The entire image is accented by a cozy moon that consummates the composition. Signed and dated on the lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 other size available, unframed, Printed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" show...

Dinosaur , Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Printed later. Unframed , Other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light 2014, Signed dated and numbered 4/15, right recto, inkjet archival print lower East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer...

Stacked blue rowboats reflect their pastel azure color into the golden brown waters of the Lake in Central Park. This image was taken 54 years ago. This style of wooden rowboat...

An abstract view of the classic Las Vegas Neon signs on Fremont Street at sunset. Bold reds, pinks, and blues work with the dramatic Nevada sunset. Th...

Shipping should be around $100. Nature's beauty is on full display right smack in the middle of Manhattan but there is more. A single black dog is the cent...

Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 315, Unframed, printed later other size available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk brings the compo...

Central Park captured at it's most beautiful and it's most romantic. Signed dated lower right, numbered on lr recto. 3/15 printed later, unframed. other sizes available. Printed on...

A worker using industrial paint to repair street asphalt inadvertently creates street art. It wasn't his intention to make an artistic statement as he painted 4 yellow rectangles of...

Graffiti-clad New York City Street scene with wall shot by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk in his trademark colorful style. In Funk's oeuvre co...

Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Other size available Another version of this was on the cover of New York Magazine. Mitchell Funk is a pionee...

Signed and dated on the lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper. Mitchell Funk is a p...

This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on...

Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 5/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pionee...

Late afternoon light from Manhattanhenge skims across the asphalt of East 72nd Street. The circular shape of a manhole cover in the foreground echos the ...

Closeup view of neon top of Colony Hotel at night on South Beach, Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is s...

Signed, dated lower and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, unframed, other sizes available. Manhattanhenge. Unique moment where the sun aligns with the east to west grid structure of t...

Family on beach with beautiful light, East Hampton New York This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right rec...

Late light skims off the brick facade of a historic red brick building in Manhattan. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk creates an image that is both a realistic document of an urban...

An attractive ffemale Hippie in Central Park during an Anti-Vietnam War protest and sandwiched with another image of an American flag. The print is signed...

Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots an upward view of an old walkup in Hell's Kitchen with golden glittering light against a hot sky. The warm colors vaguely allude to the distr...

People with colorful umbrellas in front of Bethesda Fountain in Central Park in snowstorm. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and...

Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a glowing beacon to the thirsty. Inkjet archival print. Signed and dated on lowe...

New York City seen uniquely through the artful lens of Mitchell Funk. We all have seen images of the financial district in Lower Manhattan but this original in a very artful way. T...

Puffy clouds over Marlin Hotel on Collins Avenue in South Beach, Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...

Surreal City. It's Vermont in Manhattan? It's Vermont like autumn colors of oranges, amber, auburn, and crimsons of Central Park trees. They juxtaposed against the steely cold mono...

Rows of houses on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Othe...

People scattered among the snowflakes become simple graphic elements in Central Park in Snow Bethesda Fountain with Monochromatic Color Scheme image. The...

Brilliant illuminated curvy mountain road in Vermont. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Oth...

An iconic Central Park Winter Scene is transformed into a dreamy wonderland type landscape where reality became a point of departure. . This archiv...

Groovy portrait of a hippy in from of a Head Shop in St. Mark's Places, East Village. In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, ...

Supertall luxury skyscrapers in New York City run along the southern end of Central Park. Billionaires' Row has redefined the image of New York City. Now, New York has a new and br...

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 ...

Shipping should be around $100. Signed Dated and numbered lower right 3/15, unframed printed later, other sizes available. Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was c...

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...

This was shot just a few blocks north of the world trade center site. In the 1970's there were still 19th century walk up buildings, including this one that hosts a cigarette Billboard Signed...

Signed, dated lower and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Description: Quintessential image of ...

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...

Shipping is $100, Cocktails San Francisco , Drink up. Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.

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 highly charged subject matter. This Folsom Street Fair...

White sailboats form a beautiful pattern in San Fransico Bay. The shapes of Sailboats in San Francisco dot the bay and are echoed by Cumulus clouds Signed and dated on the lower r...

This elephant portrait was done on assignment for Life Magazine. It was for a story about a group of three elephants who stomped to death their trainer. In an attempt to save the ele...

New York Skyline Phenomenon Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.

A marquee for an Art Deco Movie theater in Denton, Texas is photographed with meticulous precision by street photographer Mitchell Funk. Funk's approach...

This early work by street photographer Mithcell Funk, shows a lone woman gazing out from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole image in ...

Signature: signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 2 /15 Powerful and unexpected graphic shows that street photography does not have to be gritty or about social is...