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
Fifth Avenue at Rush Hour with Extreme Intense Light, Neutral Palette
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Occupying the lower third of the picture plane, a herd of humans stride down Fifth Avenue. They form an overall pattern. The top of the picture is also comprised of a simple pat...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Outrageous Flowers Colorful Hats at Easter Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two participants at Fifth Avenue's Easter Parade flaunt their artistic Millinery.
Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk captured this dramatic and hyper-colorful double portrait...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Light Illuminates a Romantic Couple in Central Park - Amber and Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden sunlight filters through the autumn trees to illuminate two lovers on a Central Park bench. As a popular tourist location, Central Park is endlessly photographed. But Mitch...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lonely Looking Wide Eyed Dog in a Car Window
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A lonely-looking wide-eyed boxer peers out a car window in anticipation that his owner will return. On closer examination, this is not a photograph of a real Boxer but a cut out of...
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2010s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Dessert Road to Infinity in the American West
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An endless road is pictured in a timeless landscape. As the road winds through the vast expanse of the American West, the grandeur of the surrounding landscape minimizes a solitary c...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Figures on the Steps of Bryant Park with Caravaggio Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The ephemeral nature of fleeting light is captured in Kodachrome in this early color photograph taken in 1971.
The work is signed, dated, and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other s...
Category
1970s Street Art Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
SciFi Surreal Landscape of Unconscious Dreams
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering SciFi photographer Mitchell Funk experiments with altered realms of reality by juxtaposing two landscapes of unnatural color to form a never-before-seen original vision. A single silhouetted figure looks out on a day-glow yellow sea leading to a dreamscape of trees. The yellow of water is picked up in the trees to unify the different perspectives. Published Popular Photography Magazine, February 1976...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Motorcycle on Manhattan's East River Drive with Long Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's approach to the industrial world is always poetic. One would not think of a city highway to be aesthetic, but Funk seeks out beauty in unexpected places. "Motorcycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
A Paddling of Ducks on an Amber Cinnamon Pond
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Ducks float on a cinnamon pond in loose formation, forming an overall pattern. Their arrangement recalls the work of minimal artists of the 50s and 60s. Yet, a single duck breaks r...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vintage Las Vegas Golden Nugget Fremont Street at Night
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The classic neon signs of Freemont Street glow and beckon in this 1975 photograph by Mitchell Funk.
The camera angle, lighting, and composition tra...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire and McDonald's Graphic Red Sign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For 53 years, Mithcell Funk has been photographing the art deco beauty of the Chrysler Building. In this work, Funk frames the iconic spire between two other rectilinear shapes. On t...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Snowy Night, Rainy Night in Manhattan with Orange Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary hooded figure crosses a desolate Manhattan street as light snow and rain come down. For 54 years, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the effects of light on form; here, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden and Yellow Foliage in Central Park - Nature Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Nature Photography in the City. Central Park's Autumn foliage is transformed into a delightful abstract pattern where natural organic shapes interact with the architectonic shapes of...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The San Remo Central Park West Framed by Cherry Blossoms Flowers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A circle of cherry blossoms frames the two spires of the iconic San Remo. This is not a staged image. Photographer Mitchell Funk found the right location, angle, and arrangement of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Businessman Running Against a Colorful Background
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A black businessman is captured dashing down the street against a colorful wall. The image is slightly blurred, adding a sense of beauty and moodiness to the image and creating harm...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Photography of Eccentric Women with Colorful Cloths and Yellow Umbrellas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photograph of an eccentric woman with a brightly colored hat and colorful clothes pushing a baby carriage with a dog occupant. She stands in front of a window display with bri...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Two Boots and an Umbrella - Red and Black Color Field Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. A downward view of a wet monochromatic Manhattan street references color-field painting. Flat geometric sections of color are accented by an alternati...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Urban Landscape Golden Sky with Melting and Dissolving Glass Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Through an 800mm lens, late afternoon light dissolves a glass skyscraper into a glistening and glimmering rectangle. Atmospheric conditions assist the optical illusion where the peri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Boy Playing with Bubbles In Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bubble Encounter. Biomorphic abstract shapes from manmade monumental bubbles evoke the character of living forms. They echo the natural forms of the rocks but in a softer, lighter wa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Foggy San Francisco Skyline with Ship - Impressionist Misty Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
One of the defining characteristics of Mitchell Funk's work is how he shoots with light. In "Foggy San Francisco Skyline with Ship," Funk takes light into a new realm and in doing so...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Bridge Abstraction with Romantic Out of Focus Floral Colors
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1970s Romantic Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hypnotic Dream-like Scene of Women - Surreal Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
With a nod to the surrealist painter Paul Delvaux, Street Photographer Mithcell Funk captures two differently dressed women in a dreamlike state. The lighting and architectural sett...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tennis Court in Snow with Footprints Green and Wine Color Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An aerial view looking down on a Manhattan tennis court is photographed so that it is representational and abstract at the same time.
The interplay of large areas of color, pattern...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Cherry Blossoms in Bloom, Urban Garden of Central Park with The San Remo
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The majestic Renaissance Revival San Remo Apartments act as a backdrop to Central Park's magnificent Cherry Blossom display. Under the colorful blooming tree, a sitting single femal...
Category
2010s Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Cobblestone Road to Lower Manhattan Skyline in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Magical golden light skims off a 19th-century cobblestone road that appears to lead into an equally antique-looking lower Manhattan skyline illuminated with golden light.
As a proge...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bird on a Ledge Impressionist Color Tudor City Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography can be beautiful. Bird on a Ledge by street photographer Mitchell Funk is an exceptionally distinctive example of shooting the streets of New York and getting a lo...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Surreal Impressionist Landscape in Lavender
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is an in-camera manipulated photograph from 1970. It depicts soft light caressing trees as they are mirrored in the water. The image is filled with nuanced blue-magenta color. ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1984 Life Magazine was in full stride. Their photo editors sent photographers on location to document stories visually.
At the US Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont, South Dakota, Mit...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful Paint Cans in Red, Orange, Blue and Turquoise
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A pile of empty and discarded colorful paint cans inadvertently becomes an artful abstract still life in itself. Documented through the keen lens of st...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Surreal City - Manhattan Magical Moment
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The alignment of the planets comes together in a perfect magical moment. A man sets foot on a terrace - an airplane comes into frame - golden light strikes the perfect pitch - atmosp...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Art Deco Spire at Night Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bird Party on a New York Water Tower
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is a long lens selective focus shot of a "Pigeon Party" atop one of Manhattan's many wood water towers. Like all of Funk's street photography, he designs his pictures with the...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Snow in Central Park Billionaire Row - Monochromatic Grey and Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photography pioneer Mitchell Funk is famous for blending representation with a broad emphasis on abstract qualities. He is a photographic minimalist cropping out extraneous d...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Manhattan White Dog among Autumn Leaves , Minimalism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photographer Mitchell Funk depicts New York City somewhere between the ideal and the real. In an Upper East Side park, he shoots a lone white dog standing at the intersection ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Children's Playground Central Park in Impressionist Blue and Magenta.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image was shot in Central Park. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the intoxicatingly beautiful optical effect of natural light as it skims off of wooden swings...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Conversation: Late Afternoon Impressionist Light in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the street with Kodachrome. His goal: make color photography full of color in what was then a nascent ...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Wall Lower Manhattan Street Scene - Early Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image is as much about the color of the red wall and the psychedelic colors of the female's shirt street as the three figures who populate the composition. Color is a co-subject...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elderly Husband and Wife Group Street Portrait Against a Manhattan Red Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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 q...
Category
1970s Post-War Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street People. Old Man On Park Bench New York City, Monochromatic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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 52 years ago, in 1971, it was q...
Category
1970s Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vagabond Vagrant - Life on the Fringe in the Bowery - The Streets of New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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 52 years ago in 1969, it was qu...
Category
1960s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abandoned Homeless Man on the Steps of Bryant Park - Street Photography in Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kids having Fun in front East Village Yellow Wall, Street Photography in Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Homeless Souls in Bryant Park, Manhattan - Vintage New York Homeless
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The early 1970s was a period of reexamination of the state of photography for Mitchell Funk. He broke with the tradition of shooting gritty street photography in black and white and ...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Greenwich village Street Scene with Colorful Walls - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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 ...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Kids with Colorful Clothes in Brooklyn Park - Color Photography Pioneer
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Times Square in the 1960s - Portrait with Dancing Sign - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1960s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Neighborhood Kids on Stoop in Red Hood Brooklyn - Vintage Brooklyn
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Kids from the Neighborhood in Red Hood Brooklyn are hanging out. This is what Brooklyn was like in the early 1970s. Notice the metal garbage cans.
S...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flowers Melt Snowy New York - Joyful Red Roses on a Blustery Gloomy Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
They say that New York City is full of contrast and contradictions. So is the case in this unexpected street photograph by Mitchell Funk, where we see the joyful optimism of a of bo...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Sea and Golden Sky, Child Looking Out, Landscape Photography, Seascape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic seascape with golden seas complemented by an equally golden sky is depicted with a child seen from the back gazing out into infinity. The viewer can read into it what he/...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Urban Street Scene, 9 West 57th Street in New York City, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Famous 9 West 57th Street red sculpture anchors a New York City street photograph that is part representation and part abstract. ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Volleyball in Central Park with Golden Light at the Magic Hour - Impressionist
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers are captured in leisure time with a magical golden rim light that transforms the subjects into shapes.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes avail...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown United Nations, 42nd Street Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A tightly cropped view of Midtown Manhattan from across the East River in Queens yields a view of the city that only an artist can provide. This perfect arrangement of buildings can ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ed's at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected marquee at the base of upscale 30 Rockefeller Center beams neon into the night. The 1930's art deco monolith is lit up like a silver spaceship as it thrusts into an ink...
Category
1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flock of Golden Birds over Moody Manhattan Skyline at Dusk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A moody Manhattan Skyline in blue serves as a backdrop to a flock of seagulls caressed in magical light.
Signed, dated, numbered 3/15 lower right recto, unframed, other sizes avail...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Silver Silos and Station Wagon, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract Landscape photography by Mitchell Funk with 1970's station wagon.
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbers 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed, printed late...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Young girl in an Couture Pink Dress, Fashion Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The interplay of light and shadow, greys and magenta transform a portrait of a flamboyantly dressed young girl into an optically engaging abstraction composed of alternating patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...
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1960s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
United Nations and Manhattan Skyline wrapped in Divine Light with Jet Ski
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
United Nations wrapped in Divine Light while a man on a Jet Ski passes glides in front on the East River
Bright golden light rushes down 42nd street and cloak...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic 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.