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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
Colorful Eiffel Tower
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
a colorfully lit circus carousel in the foreground gives counterpoint to Frances iconic 19 wrought iron lattice tower
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tuxedo
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful blues and magentas frame and formal white tuxedo with a faceless head. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available, unframe...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, 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

Guggenheim Museum and Bus
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

Purple San Francisco Victorian with Figure
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 , other size available, unframed
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Abstract Geometric 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

Lumbard Street in Blue and turquoise , San Francisco, Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Back Dog in New York 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 Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Sci-Fi Sand Dunes to the Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk was a pioneer of Sci-Fi photography. He was a frequent contributor to Omni Magazine. This work was done for a promotional campaign for Om...
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1980s Futurist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pacific Heights, San Francisco by Mitchell Funk Street Photographer
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a "Street Photographer" - Literally. Painted stripes of lemon yellow lead the eye into an expanse of cerulean blue over San Francisco Bay. Signed and dated on lo...
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Early 2000s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Funky Car Paris
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 , other size available, unframed
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Early 2000s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

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

San Francisco Cable Car, California Street at Sunset with Golden Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Magical light illuminates an icon of a magical city. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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Early 2000s Photorealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

Horses, East Hampton
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Film

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

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: 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

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 Points Towards the Heavens
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
As it soars above smaller buildings, The Chrysler Building spire resolutely points to the heavens. The flat white sky emphasizes the spire's silhouette, allowing it to dominate the ...
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2010s 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

Majestic Spire of the Chrysler Building Rises into a Sepia Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1990s 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 Skyscraper with Silver Shimming Light and East River Boats
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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2010s Surrealist 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

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

New York Skyline from Central Park in Deep Gold and Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Color Photographer Mitchell Funk once again sets the standard for originality and inventiveness. His use of hyper-lighting and composition produces a retina-numbing imag...
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2010s 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

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

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

Deck Chair Casual Abstraction with Raking Light and Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Deck chairs randomly positioned on an Upper East Side balcony are captured by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Raking light produces abstract long shadows giving the overall arrangement of elements a casual abstract look. In the center of the composition is a yellow and green chair with colors...
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2010s Abstract Geometric 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

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

Billionaires Row - New York Skyline from Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A familiar scene to all New Yorkers and millions of tourists is pictured in a way that none see with their own eyes in person. This luminous image of the Billionaires Row skyline is ...
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2010s Romantic Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Fashionista in Pink Ensemble on New York City Rainy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography meets Fashion Photography in this boldly graphic image of a stylish woman with an umbrella crossing the street. The composition is minimal as its color scheme is b...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Conceptual Photographer Mitchell Funk created a Sci-Fi image 2 years before the iconic Close Encounters of a Third Kind was released in 1977. Funk's work is really two images combine...
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1970s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

A New Skyline is Born - The Manhattan Queens Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched high on the roof of an East Side highrise, Mitchell Funk merges the boroughs. Funk creates a new New York City Skyline composed of buildings and smokestacks by selecting the...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pas de Deux - Romantic Tango Partner Dance in Central Park Bandshell
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two Tango Dancers immersed in their art, strike-the-pose under the towering classical half down. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk was there at the perfect moment to capture a non...
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2010s Romantic Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Art: Literally - Painted Manhattan From Above Abstract Patterns
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mitchell Funk captures abstract street patterns in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Absorbing the influence of both the Color Field and Non-Objective painters, Funk ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Duck, Turtles and Gold Fish in Central Park Pond Basking in Sun
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A gathering of different animal species has one thing in common: The sun. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a congregation of Central Park residents basking in the warm light of s...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Prism Pigeon Perched on Promenade - Moody Bronze Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A sparking plumaged pigeon is perched on a railing in the Carl Schurz Park promenade. Street Photographer Mitchell captured him while a young woman sits on a park beach...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Florence with Orange in the Sky - The Rebirth of the Renaissance
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A fresh and bold paintbrush characterizes a classic view of Florence. Mitchell Funk's application of vibrantly bold orange effects a rebirth of the birthplace of the Renaissance. Wra...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dreamy Romantic Sunset over Ottawa Canada - Red and Oranges
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two light sources reveal that this is not a straight shot. As a pioneer of multiple-exposure photography, "Romantic Sunset over Ottawa Canada" is typical of Mitchell Funk's experime...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Noguchi Cube in Negative Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Generations ahead of his time, Mithcell Funk rejects straightforward documentary photography and interprets the Noguchi Cube in a style as fresh and inventive as the Cube itself. It...
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1970s Futurist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Empire State Building Spire at Idyllic Sunset Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk revisits popular tourist locations and shoots them in a way that perhaps millions of tourists never imagined. Not unlike Pop Art, he shows us a new way to look at icon...
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Early 2000s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mitchell Funk photography for sale on 1stDibs.

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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