Mitchell Funk Photography

Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed

Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 , other size available, unframed

Mitchell Funk. He was Color when Color wasn't Cool. Conceptualized and executed in 1971, when color photography was not recognized as fine art, this group of abstract, negative colo...

Leg Show. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed

Pastel colors and winding street around one of San Franciscos most iconic streets. Lumbard Street - signed and dated on lower right, numbered on recto 2/15, other size available...

Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed . Exhibited, Images Gallery, New York

Adult movie marquees of old 42nd street in 1970. Double header, ABC's of Marriage and Diamond Stud Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 2 of 15. U...

This grab shot depicts street photography of a sexy girl and a clown statue. It's characterized by a surreal tension between the two subjects - one facing the viewer and one walking ...

Photographer Mitchell Funk creates a minimalist statement by capturing the interaction of two lighter-than-air substances. Horizontal clouds and a vertical jet gas exhaust interact ...

In the present image, we see people engaged in more than just a moment of fleeting pleasure. This tightly packed group of mostly tourists exhibits a profound level of joy and well-be...

Although minuscule within the image's pictorial space, the Chrysler Building is still quite visible even from Eldridge Street in the Lower East Side. This is accomplished through the...

Early twentieth-century train technology in the form of a wooden switch station in Long Island City is juxtaposed against the minimalistic International Style glass facade of the Uni...

The soaring grandeur of the Chrysler Building's shining stainless steel Art Deco entrance is on full display in this Mitchell Funk photo. Usually, the entrance is somewhat dull-looki...

Mitchell Funk specializes in photographing something that has been photographed before innumerable times, but squeezes out an original vision of it. In "The Chrysler Building: A Ref...

Veiled in subtle gradations of silver and grey, the Chrysler Building proudly rises above a tight interlocking formation of less consequential neighbors. A new, boxy, and clumsy vert...

This photograph was taken in 1970, yet it looks surprisingly contemporary. The giveaway is how underdeveloped the Manhattan skyline looks. Both towers of the World Trade Center are ...

Before Long Island City blossomed into a landscape of high-rise residential development, it was a gritty industrial area. One of the iconic images of the LIC was four monumental smo...

The Chrysler Building is one of the most photographed buildings in the world, with millions of images of it taken from various perspectives. Yet, it has never been captured quite li...

For over 50 years, Mitchell Funk has been renowned for creating images with precise lighting and compositional exactitude. The present image, "Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler...

Follow the light and cast away rational assumptions. It will lead you to the sublime. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures three statuesque Black Women in formation as they hea...

A foreground stone wall structure of a repeating vertical shapes alternating with openings is mimicked by the similar but more majestic vertical shapes of the Mid-Town Manhattan skyl...

A wide-angle view of the Midtown skyline is captured from the top of 30 Rock at twilight. The afterglow of the setting sun combined with the self-generated light from the high-rise ...

The selection of a perfect day with crisp light and a deep cobalt blue sky provides the ideal setting for Photographer Mitchell Funk to create a precisely designed photograph of East...

Mitchell Funk takes skyscraper photography to new heights in his current exhibition: Mitchell Funk Photographs the Chrysler Building for 50 Years. The present work reimagines the m...

" Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Third Avenue and 38th St." was photographed looking uptown from the rooftop of a building on Third Avenue and 38th St. In the for...

"Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line" - It may take a moment, but its presence always seems to be in the picture. At least, that was the case in the past. ...

A giant moon is unexpectedly pictured resting between two skyscrapers on Park Avenue. This image was done as an assignment for a Business Week cover. The editors wanted a high-drama ...

Photographer Mitchell Funk demonstrates the link between minimalism and street photography, which is usually associated with a loose snapshot style. The present image fuses differen...

A simple yet complex structure always characterizes Mitchell Funk's work. In present work, the first concept is that old New York City icons emerge above new construction. The secon...

An unobstructed view of lower Manhattan from the observation deck of 30 Rock is obstructed by a figure in a solid red hooded jacket. The figure becomes a dominant abstract shape in ...

Wherever you look, you see The Chrysler Building, which is particularly true from Gramercy Park looking uptown. In this tightly cropped view, Photographer Mitchell Funk composes the ...

Wherever you look, you see the Chrysler Building, which is particularly true from the Lower East Side. Street Photograph Mitchell Funk isolates a red pre-war parking sign from a busy...

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building. A Third Avenue bus creates a blur of color as it passes in front of the Chrysler Building. Photographer Mitchell Funk took the pres...

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...

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 ...

Photographer Mitchell Funk transforms a Miami street scene at night with glowing neon signs into a complex abstract pattern. A recurring element in Funk's iconography is secondary a...

A colorful street scene in San Francisco's Tenderloin is captured as a hip young girl walks in front of a hyper-colored convenience store window. Photographer Mitchell Funk has app...

In Mitchell Funk's continuing series about redefining New York City icons, he allows light and camera angle to change the subject's look and alter the sense of place. In this work, ...

Driving night rain fashions a network of translucent pointelist dots in front of a glowing Chrysler Building Crown. The work is signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, with...

Early morning light turns the spire of the Chrysler Building and the surrounding buildings orange. Photographer Mitchell Funk was at the right place at the right time to capture nat...

Seen through two surrounding buildings, the Chrysler Building's spire emerges as a cool blue Art Deco statement. Photographer Mitchell Funk selects a precise angle so that the photog...

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...

From the observation tower of 30 Rockefeller Center, The Chrysler Building is seen looking east. Its spire is bathed in a golden glow from direct light. An orange sunset appears to i...

In 1974, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from Williamsburg, the distinctive Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its head out above ...

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...

The Chrysler Building may be one of the most photographed buildings in the world, yet Mitchell Funk imagines it unlike any tourist snapshot. This colorful kaleidoscope-like image was...

As the sun sets and the lights come on, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the quintessential image of the Chrysler Building's Art Deco crown in a glowing sky. The vaulting progres...

In 1998, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. From the vantage point of the Greater East River/ Flushing Bay, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the Chrysler ...

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...

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...

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...

The close-up of the Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building is depicted majestically rising into a mood sepia sky. Looking at this work is an uplifting experience. It not only pleas...

"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 ...

From Weehawken, New Jersey, we see the vintage mid-town Manhattan skyline as it appeared in the winter of 1974. In the foreground, a perfectly positioned white cruise ship sprouts sm...

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 ...

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...

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...

A woman in a purple umbrella is captured in front of Bethesda Fountain Central Park in a driving snowstorm. Her formal pose perfectly aligns with the bronze sculpture so that one ele...

Post-Impressionist Golden Light illuminates six figures on Central Park's Bow Bridge. They are depicted in casual poses unburdened by everyday stresses. The low-angle backlighting s...

Silver light reflects off an Upper East Side skyscraper as two industrial boats pass in aligned formation. But this is not a picture of a building and boat. The extreme lighting and...