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Mitchell Funk Photography

American, b. 1950

Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of color photography. In 1970, he participated in one of the first color photography shows at the Brooklyn Museum titled “Images en Couleur." In 1971, he was included in the visionary books Frontiers of Photography and Color (Life Library of Photography), both published by Time-Life. He has done more than 50 photography magazine covers, including covers for Newsweek and Life.

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Artist: Mitchell Funk
Sunbathers Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
People are reduced to patters when rows of sun worshipers are caught with a 105 mm lens. Signed and dated lower right Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

San Francisco Victorians
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco Victorians explode with color and charm in this graphic depiction. Direction light enhances the ornate details and heightens the color saturation Signed dated lower...
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2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

The Dance of Pink Lights on a New York City Snowy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's hand held pre-dawn New York street scene evokes a simultaneous state of beauty of unexpectedness. This is a straight shot. He used a Nikon D5 and 400mm while he was w...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Word Trade Center in Blue, New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk has been shooting the WTC as it was being built in 1970. Here is his latest artistic interpretation of the famous site, Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numb...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dog Walkers in New York Snow Store
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A heavy snow fall creating a fantasy world of shape in Manhattan. Single Yellow Taxi with lights on creates a counter point to the whites and soft grays ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Doggie Day Care
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs at play while owner work. Shot from the a New York City sidewalk. Signed and dated on lower right, 3/15 numbered on verso, unframed. printed later Other sizes available,, othe...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Boats in a Marina
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dog shadow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Park with top view, long shadows and bright color. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
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Mitchell Funk Photography

Cable Car Silhouette at Sunset San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dreamy color scheme and reflections of light on the cable car tracks evokes an ethereal mood to this well know Nob Hill location. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Painted Wooden Wall Abstract Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Midtown Manhattan Skyscrapers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available,other sizes available
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Empire State Building Wonderland
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Empire State Building serves as a backdrop as snow flakes create wonderland of soft reds and blues. Signed and dated on lower right, numbere...
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Early 2000s Mitchell Funk Photography

Golden Gate Bars, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Unique camera angle frames the Golden Gate's red vertical tower in between red metal bars of the same color in foreground. Bold color and graphic shapes have defined Mitchell Funk's...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Colored Walls, 42nd st. New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Color field painting meets Color Photography Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later
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1980s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

Surfer at Golden Gate
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A lone surfer contemplates San Francisco bay as a splashing white wave of water partially obscures his view. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, ...
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American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

American Flag in Neon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The patriotic colors of Old Glory are described in vibrating neon. Cars in the foreground reflect the striped pattern, while faces and figures punctuate the scene. Signed and dated ...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Snow Scene with American Flag
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photo-impressionist work from a birds-eye view Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Single Scull
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Idyllic moment moment composed in a perfectly balanced composition. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed Printed on...
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Early 2000s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cherry blossoms Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

New York Skyline from New Jersey
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dreamy and surreal midtown Manhattan with dramatic clouds bathed in grey blue light, signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso 3/15, unframed, other size available
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Film

Central Park Tower Billionaire's Row New York City Supertall Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk takes skyscraper photography to new heights. The Central Park Tower rises to the mind-numbing height of 1,550 feet, but through Funk's lens, it soars even higher in one...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Black Dog Walks at Central Park with Raking Light: Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography- literally. Early light explodes through two Manhattan skyscrapers on a crisp winter day to illuminate Central Park South from an oblique angle. A black dog is c...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken3
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The mid-town Manhattan skyline as it looked from Weehawken in 1974. It may be barely recognizable from todays version but there still are a few unmistable landmarks. In the upper r...
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1970s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Two New York Skylines in One Fantasy Picture - Chrysler Building at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1980, conventional thinking suggested that one highly dramatic photograph of the New York skyline would be a sufficient artistic statement. Photographer Mitchell Funk felt there w...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The sun sets at Manhattanhenge with the Chrysler Building's crown illuminated, creating a dual lighting source. Enter Mitchell Funks light-filled world in which his photographic ima...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building at Night with New York Skyline Vista
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building rises like a rocket ship in a glittering sky, conveying a sense of boundlessness. An aura of soft light caresses the scene, giving it a touch of mystical signif...
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1980s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Upper East Side
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched atop a York Avenue highrise, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures an early morning winter vista of Manhattan. To the right of a big puff of smoke and to the right of the Twin...
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1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1995, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from the Weehawken, New Jersey vantage point, the iconic spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its he...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Tudor City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It used to be that wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. With Manhattan's rapid growth, you now must look a little harder. This image was taken on the plaza in front of Tudor City...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: McDonalds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It used to be that wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. With Manhattan's rapid growth, you now must look a little harder. In the foreground of this image, the 4...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Looking Up With Lazy Yellow Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This upward view of the Chrysler Building and the adjoining former Mobil Oil Building features distinctive New York City landmarks. However, it is not a standard cell phone image ta...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Emerges from the New York Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building's spire is captured rising from behind a skyscraper on Third Avenue in New York City. It is framed perfectly within the upper left-hand quadrant of the picture ...
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Early 2000s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building at Sunset - New York Skyline in Silhouette with Orange Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"The Chrysler Building at Sunset" photograph showcases the mid-town skyline's clean and sharp silhouette. To the extreme left is the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building ...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Quebec City with Vintage Car on Crisp Autumn Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk selects a perfect day with intense direct lighting to create a photograph that is as much abstraction as it is representation. Funk lies on his stomach to ...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Spire in Gold Light. Art Deco Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This close-up of the Chrysler Building Spire in gold light was taken from the roof of a building on 38th Street. Its position gave Photographer Mitchell Funk a perfect line of sight ...
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1990s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge exemplifies how to take boilerplate tourist subject matter and make into an original visual. Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk creates an ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge with Birds in Monochrome San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The semi-silhouetted arch of the majestic Golden Gate Bridge is caressed by the soft, warm tones of a setting sun. Above, a flock of birds circle as if to pay homage to the soaring e...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fashion Model In Green, Street Photography of Abstract Wall Women Yellow Coat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A fashionable woman in a solid yellow coat passes in front of an oversized Fashion Model On a Green Billboard on New York's Madison Avenue. In the foreground, an equally solid yello...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Art Deco Chrysler Building in Blue and White
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The majestic Art Deco Chrysler Building soars in between Manhattan's skyscrapers. The cropping is radical and exudes a sense of urban exactitude, seamlessly woven into the light-fi...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Epic Orange Sunset over Spiritual Sea with Solitary Boat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary boat is dwarfed by a colossal setting sun on a spiritual sea. The image suggests that a larger force is out there and that humans are just a part of the grand scheme. Th...
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1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

St Patrick's Cathedral in a Golden Celestial Glow in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celestial golden glow on St Patrick's Cathedral is sheathed in an equally heavenly sky. The image is not only beautiful but communicates a spirit of the divine as all elements lea...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Guggenheim Museum Design Inspires Clouds in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The surrounding clouds' graphic formation pays tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum's simplified design of repetitive shapes. In this stunningly original image, Photogr...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bethesda Fountain Dancing Waters in Central Park - Monochromatic Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dancing waters flow down from the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. The water forms an energized abstract pattern in a monochromatic color scheme. Mitchell Funk's use of backlightin...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Light Reflections off a New York City Skyscraper with Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dramatic golden light reflecting off a New York City skyscraper with the moon communicates more than just a document of a skyline. This image is about the aesthetic power and perhaps...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Big Sun Over New York City Bridge - The Transience of Time.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This dramatic image of an oversized sun with a silhouetted plane gracefully passing through conveys the transience of time. Two spires of the Triborough Bridge are centered in the co...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Skyscraper Super Tall in Angelic Light Signed and dated on lower right, numbered 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gathering of Birds on Wires In Miami
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Strong light illuminates an upward view of an exaggerated cluster of gathering birds. The birds' warm golden color in chiaroscuro contrasts with the soft blue tropical Miami sky and...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Yellow Moon Over Manhattan in the 1970s
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A recurring motif in Mitchell Funk's work is the inclusion of an oversized moon. It signifies a celestial presence. This work, "Yellow Moon Over Manhattan," is an early example, but ...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Empire State Building Art Deco Skyscraper Silhouetted, New York in the 1970s
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Empire State Building is vividly portrayed as a stand-alone Art Deco skyscraper in an uncluttered New York City sky. Surrounding it is the emptiness of midtown Manhattan. It allo...
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1970s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Statue of Liberty New York Harbor at Sunset with Green Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A vibrant orange sunset silhouettes the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. In the foreground, a partly out-of-focus green street light occupies the top half of the composi...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gritty Street Photography with Geometric Billboards Manhattan Street Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A moment in gritty street photography is captured where street billboards and a solitary figure strike a perfect grid-like compositional balance. Signed, dated, and numbered 3/15...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Mist at the Fountain - Impressionist Girl Relaxing like Georges Seurat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A girl is shrouded in a golden mist of shimming water droplets emanating from a fountain. This image looks like something post-impressionist Georges Seurat would paint, but in realit...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful New York City Facade with Blue, Yellow and Red Squares like Mondrian
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mondrian came to New York City in the 1940s, and the city's real-world grid-like street design inspired him to create his famous Broadway Boogie-Woogie series, composed of primary co...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park Ice Skaters at Night Purple Sky in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A blur of Central Park ice skaters at night fills the foreground of this dreamy image of one of New York City's most iconic spots. The purple sky and bluish ice add to the overall ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

American Flag with Retro Mid-Century Car - Red and Blue - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What is more patriotic than a retro mid-century blue and red 70s convertible with an American flag draped from its trunk? Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the moment with ...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bikini Window Abstraction Times Square - Urban Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme late light darts down a street in Times Square. It illuminates a colorful and semi-abstract window display. A single female figure at the extreme right of the compostion sh...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Human - Tree Fusion - ( Photographic Abstraction )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
While in Central Park, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a moment where a leafless tree trunk and a faceless human with a flowering hat have a symbiosis. They are both weird lookin...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fleeting Glance in Fleeting Light - Washington Square Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funks' signature style is to energize traditional photojournalism/ street photography with overly dramatic light, color, and composition. This wo...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Aspen Colorado Golden Landscape Luminous Lines of Light and Bicycle
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays transform power lines into luminous lines of light that stretch across the Aspen landscape. A solitary biker punctuates the scene. Over his 55-year photography career, M...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old House and Truck in 1970's Urban Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What America looked like in 1979. This three-storied house with peeling paint, dilapidated terraces, and a clothesline was shot in Hartford, Connecticut. Signed, dated and numb...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of photography to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival paper, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Mitchell Funk photography, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bill Jacobson, Carol Inez Charney, and Seb Janiak. Mitchell Funk photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,000 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.

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