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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
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...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

New York City Abstraction - Street Photography: Literally
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. From an elevated vantage point, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots down on a busy midtown Manhattan street and composes the image so that it's as...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses of a 500mm telephoto lens to capture the two subjects lost in thought. Selective focus throws the background out of focus and creates a dreamy...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Impressionist Street Scene Manhattan in Snow - Reds and Greys
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 details. His work focuses on color relationships and interactions between shapes. Funk started shooting in 1969, and today he's still as active as ever and continues to innovate. In "Impressionist Street Scene...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Lower Manhattan Skyline in Gold Light with Moon. New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City seen uniquely through the artful lens of Mitchell Funk. We all have seen images of the financial district in Lower Manhattan but this original in a very artful way. T...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

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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...
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1970s Post-War Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Skid Row Bowery Street Portrait - The Streets of New York - Photojournalism
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 1970, it was q...
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1970s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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1970s Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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1960s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

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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 ...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

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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...
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1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Spire of the Chrysler Building in Silver, Manhattan Art Deco Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building, a New York art deco masterpiece, is framed by modern buildings in this carefully composed image by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk. Signed and dat...
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2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

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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

The Story of a Street Light and a Bridge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk creates an arresting image composed of contrasting elements. A common New York City street light morphs into a haunting abstraction while ...
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2010s Contemporary 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 ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elephant Close Up at Sunset with Wide Angle Lens, Life Magazine
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This elephant portrait was done on assignment for Life Magazine. It was for a story about a group of three elephants who stomped to death their trainer. In an attempt to save the ele...
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1980s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Clouds, Color Photography, Clyfford Still
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A single house juts out into a vast sky and sea of Long Island. The image takes inspiration from the epic 19th-century paintings and the American West with vast unending sky and untamed landscapes. Yet the composition is quite radical and evocative of the simple shapes of Color Field painter Clyfford Still...
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Early 2000s Contemporary 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

Surreal Road, Monument Valley, Sci-fi Photography, Science Fiction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The history of Sci-fi art and illustration has had a rich and storied past. Generation of illustrators and painters have rendered their fantastic ideas on paper and canvas. The decades of the 1920’s - 1940’s saw the imaginative but crudely drawn pulp magazine gouaches of Frank R Paul...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Film, 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...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Urban Art Bus Driver and Graffiti, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art comes to the intersection of street photography. Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fi...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Flatiron Building in Golden Light with Williamsburg Tower, Classic Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Early New York City skyscrapers rich in history are celebrated in this magical image. Golden late afternoon illuminates the facade of New York City's first skyscraper: The Flatiron Building. Directly behind the Flatiron is the Beaux-Arts Neoclassical Consolidated Edison Building at 4 Irving Place. In the far distance and in another borough is the iconic Williamsburg Tower...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Early Morning Light, Yellows and Gold ( Color Photography )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For over 50 years pioneering color photographer Mitchell Funk has been documenting the life of New York City. Funk's central preoccupation is recording the beauty of the visual worl...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Flock of Birds over New York City Rooftops ( Abstract Photography )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A flock of birds hovers above snow-covered Manhattan rooftops. The image is as much about an overall composition in abstract art as it is a document of group avian behavior. Signe...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cute Dog Running in the Rain by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A cute dog with a ball in his mouth runs in the rain. Street Photographer Mithcell Funk, capture a decisive moment in a perfect composition of red and blue triangles. Funk is an...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Tug under Brooklyn Bridge New York Skyline Magenta
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of Old Tug Boat as it passed under the Brooklyn Bridge and set against the 1970's lower Manhattan skyline with Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It was shot ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Aesthetically, this image is generations ahead of it's time. It looks so contemporary but was done in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 198...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment

Manhattan Skyscraper Abstract Multiple Exposure, Kali, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This trailblazing in-camera multiple exposures of New York buildings with the moon was done in 1972. It's not just an image that pushes the boundaries of visual imagery but it is a t...
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1970s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Romantic Flatiron Building in Autumn Colors of Orange and Yellow, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City's early example of a skyscraper from 1902 is depicted in an artistically abstract way. It is photographed with autumn foliage in the foreground and with the iconic tri...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park at Dawn First Light in Blue and Yellow Mist, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The movie light illuminates a path in Central Park on a foggy morning. The circular light appears behind a light pole and appears as if it would be the su...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Park Avenue on an Red Impressionists Rainy Day Twilight, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic New York City scenes have been creatively documented by the insightful eye of veteran photographer Mitchell Funk for over 50 years. This moody twilight image of Park Avenue d...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Bethesda Fountain Bathed in Rain like Water Droplets - Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic New York City scenes have been creatively documented by the insightful eye of veteran photographer Mitchell Funk for over 50 years. Cascading water droplets partially shroud ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Running Dog in First Light with Long Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
First light skims across the schoolyard pavement creating long and dramatic shadows. A golden dog is captured running through the scene and blends in creating a de Chirico like a su...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dog Park in Magenta - Dogs and People having Fun
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers walk their dogs in an upper east side park. The scene is shot at dawn. First light skims across the ground and gives the whole picture a mesmerizing quality in pinks and...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jumping Dog in Golden Light - Early Morning Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs are a wonderful and joyful gift to us all. ln a continuing series, Mitchell Funk explores the dog's playful nature and captures it in dramatic early morning light. The magic...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Central Park South bursts in Autumn Colors Yellows and Soft Gentle Browns
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Central Park shows us its true colors and they are spectacular. Vermont you have competition. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated ...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment

Colony Hotel Ocean Drive, South Beach at Night Tropical Neon Reds and Neon Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Tropical Colors abound in this photography of South Beach. Ocean Drives Neon light show is in full display in this Mitchell Funk photograph. This archival color photograph by fine ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Bethesda Fountain with Out of Focus Figures
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bethesda Terrace, Central Park's masterpiece gathering place is joyfully interpreted by master-of-light photographer Mitchell Funk. This archival col...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Aesthetically, this image is generations ahead of it's time. It looks so contemporary but was done in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 198...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blue Buildings, New York 1970, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This transcendent image by art photographer Mitchell Funk's "Blue Buildings, New York 1970" is generations ahead of its time. Executed in 1970, it pushed the boundaries of color pho...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Pigment

French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Yellow Golden Light, Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late golden light transforms a dog into a graphic black shape that seems to float in magical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 and printed later, ...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Art New York City in Pink and Green
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Art is today's dominant contemporary aesthetic. It abounds every day and in on potentially everything. Colorful chairs and tables are complemented by colorful wall murals in ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Fashionable woman's Green Stripes Echo Stripes of the Street
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A Dress Designer and a Street Engineers' graphic style collide in this caught Manhattan moment. In New York City art is everywhere. You can wear it and walk on it at the same time...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this ...
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1970s Abstract 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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