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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
Vintage Rowboat in Central Parks Boat Landing with Pastel Colors
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Stacked blue rowboats reflect their pastel azure color into the golden brown waters of the Lake in Central Park. This image was taken 54 years ago. This style of wooden rowboat...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surreal Blue Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image from the imagination of Mitchell Funk was the cover photograph for Popular Photography Magazine, May 1978, It is signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/1...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red and Purple Tulips Flowers abstraction in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, printed later, other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer"...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Human shapes in repetition with Geometic Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This work was done generation before digital and photoshop. Signed, Dated, number Lower left recto, unframed, 3/15 other size available, printed later Mitchell Funk is a pioneer o...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet

Times Square Billboards
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Graphic bold colors and tourist silhouettes make for an exciting and powerful urban visual . Signed and dated lower right, 2/15 unframed, other size available
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old West with Dramatic Dark Blue Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Piercing white light breaks through the clouds to illuminate an abandoned gas station in Arizona. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/1...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Typically the verdant landscape is transformed into a Color Field photograph consisting of vibrant red and magenta horizontal bands that radiate and reverberate with optical force. ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Classic Old New York, Vintage Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What New York City looked like before the modern world robbed it of its charm. In post-impressionist colors, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a poetic Central Park moment, with a...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken Palisade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Lower East Side
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Lower East Side. Beyond a 19th-century vermilion brick facade and standing proud and tall in a hazy New York City sky, we see The Ch...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Art Deco Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He brings ...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Lower Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For over 50 years, Mitchell Funk has been renowned for creating images with hyper-lighting and compositional exactitude. The present image, "Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler B...
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1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

United Nations and Chrysler Building Wrapped in Divine Light with Jet Ski
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The United Nations with adjacent Chrysler Building is wrapped in Divine Light while a man on a Jet Ski glides on the East River in the foreground. Bright golde...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Dumbo
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Dumbo" is an exemplary work and part of a new epic exhibition, Mitchell Funk Photographs The Chrysler Building for 50 Years. The Ch...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken 4
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Third Avenue and 38th St
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
" 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...
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2010s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Athletic Male Nude on Endless Surreal Arizona Road
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Athletic male nude about to launch out onto the open road of life. Shot on location Near Taos, New Mexico, 4 of an edition of 15, Signed, dated and n...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattanhenge 2021 with Mystical Object - Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late afternoon light from Manhattanhenge skims across the asphalt of East 72nd Street. The circular shape of a manhole cover in the foreground echos the ...
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2010s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Birds Eye View - New York City Street Art with Pigeon Connoisseur
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Birds Eye View - New York City Street Art with Pigeon Connoisseur Visionary Photographer Mitchell Funk takes visual concepts to new heights. In the present photo, Funk takes the p...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Classic Art Deco Marlin Hotel Miami Beach, South Beach, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Puffy clouds over Marlin Hotel on Collins Avenue in South Beach, Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

The Sun Beckons -Step into the Light -Three Black Woman Stroll into Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Brooklyn Heights
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look, You See the Chrysler Building: Brooklyn Heights " is captured by Photographer Mitchell and is part of his exhibition, Mitchell Funk Photographs The Chrysler Build...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Three Waves
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A study in symmetry and balance as nature presents 3 perfectly spaced and similar waves. Signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 3 /15, unframed, printed later , Pr...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tribeca Street Photography with New York City Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A typical street scene in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood is photographed unexpectedly. Pedestrians are depicted walking in front of a reflective surface, which results in a typ...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Las Vegas Dunes Hotel Neon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer in shooting neon signs with dramatic angles, acute compostion and powerful color. Although this is a nocturnal image it has vibrant life energy. ...
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1980s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet

Semi Nude Men, Muscle Beach Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15 Unframed. Other size available
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

San Francisco Victorian House in Colorful Red Yellow and Blue, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Is this colorful Victorian in San Francisco a painting or a house? It's both. Veteran photographer Mithcell Funk documents the painted house in a precise composition to highlight i...
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2010s Hard-Edge Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: 2nd Avenue Highrise
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: 2nd Avenue Highrise" is part of a new epic exhibition, Mitchell Funk Photographs The Chrysler Building for 50 Years. The Chrysler B...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Twin Towers, World Trade Center in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An iconic view of the Twin Towers shortly after completion are depicted with an angelic light. Signed dated and numbered on lower right, 3/15 printed later, on Hahnemuhle Paper Oth...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Muscular Black Man Pondering in the Fountain's Mist
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man in the Mist. Lost in thought and cloaked in a veil of mist and smoke, a young black man stands atop a fountain's pilar and ponders the world. The adjacent light post's shape ech...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ocean Beach, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Panoramic seascape lit with raking light turns humans into stick figure shapes with no central point of focus. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed la...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Central Park Reservoir
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building is not only ever-present, but its uniquely shaped spire attracts the eye unlike any other structure. "Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Central...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Long Island City Industrial
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

African savanna, Giraffes at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right, - 3/15 - unframed. printed later. Other sizes available. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one th...
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1980s Futurist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Chrysler Building Shinning Silver Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots silver facades against a deep cobalt blue sky, emphasizing his acute sense of graphic design in street photography. He waits for the perfect light a...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: 30 Rock Twilight
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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 ...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Flatiron Building New York's First Skyscraper in Heroic Depiction, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Flatiron is New York's Architectural masterpiece and is depicted in this dramatic photograph as a towering presence as it's rendered in hard light against a surreal sky. Signed ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Basketball Player, Early Morning Light Long Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Long shadows from early morning light create an abstract pattern in a New York City park. In the right-hand corner, you will see a single figure in the final position of a jump shot,...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Urban Melancholy Blue. Motionless Young Man, Graffiti Wall in Soho
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An urban youth shrouds his head in a blue sweater as he coils up against a blue Soho wall marked with Graffiti. Reminiscent of Picasso's Blue Period, the photograph is characteriz...
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2010s Street Art Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Lower Broadway
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Funk's highly stylized composition exaggerates the one-point perspective of the Manhattan street grid. It pushes the viewer's eye towards the horizon, where one's focus is on the flo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Looking Up on a Sharp Pristine New York City Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Eiffel Tower in Jackson Pollock Drip Lighting - Paris France
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
When the Eiffel Tower was conceived in 1886, it was to be a symbol of aesthetic avant-garde thinking. In 1994, Photographer Mitchell Funk pays homage to Gustave Eiffel's spirit of ...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Las Vegas Neon Signs Fremont Street, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An abstract view of the classic Las Vegas Neon signs on Fremont Street at sunset. Bold reds, pinks, and blues work with the dramatic Nevada sunset. Th...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken 2
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see The Chrysler Building. Through the lens of Photographer Mitchell Funk, The 1991 Mid-Town Manhattan skyline is seen at sunset from Weehawken, New Jersey. ...
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1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Tribeca
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look You See the Chrysler Building: Tribeca" is captured by Photographer Mitchell and is part of his exhibition, Mitchell Funk Photographs The Chrysler Building for 50 ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old New York Bar with Ballantine Beer Neon Sign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moody image of a man looking out while the photographer looks in. The picture is organized in a composition of alternating floating faces and floating signs. This work also represen...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Main Street, Denton Texas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered lower l 4/15 left recto , other sizes available, unframed, printed later
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1980s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: United Nations 2
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Taken from Long Island City, this tightly cropped composition emphasizes bold silhouettes while revealing the interplay of two of New York City's most iconic buildings. The horizonta...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Times Square during snowstorm and American Flag
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Tight and graphic compositions with creative lighting are a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 2/15 recto, unframed, other size available Mitchell F...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet

manhattanhenge, Big Sun Sunset Manhattan Street Golden Light Silhouetted People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattanhenge is a unique moment where the sun aligns with the east to west grid structure of the street. This was done on 72nd Street in ManhattanSigned, dated lower and numbered ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Twin Towers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
On an assignment from the Port Authority of New York in 1975, Photographer Mitchell Funk was given access to the roof of Tower II of the World Trade Center. From that high vantage p...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Life Magazine Cover July 1980, Mithcell Funk Lighthouse
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
alternative photo - done on assignment in Cape Hatteras Signed lower right, numbered, 3/15 dated
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: United Nations
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: United Nations. The present work is part of an exhibition that spans 51 year and is epic in its scope and inventiveness. The work is ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Las Vegas Gambling Dice - Primary Colors
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A boldly composed Las Vegas casino sign consisting of a three-dimensional red die rests on a King of Clubs. The very graphic sign is captured in an equally bold way by street photog...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City at Sunset from New Jersey - Manhattan Skyline with Blue Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 3/15 lr recto, unframed, other size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Post Impressionist New York City Fountain Scene - like Georges Seurat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dancing waters emanate from a New York City fountain to fill the sky with thousands of circles of light. Bystanders mingle in the mist as Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"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. ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Crushed Coke Can Street Asphalt - Real Life Street Art
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's color photograph of "Crushed Coke Can on Street Asphalt" documents street art created by a pedestrian. Funk transforms it into a graphic and ...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York Skyscrapers with Green Sky and Divergent Perspective
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure of 3rd Avenue in Manhattan and car depot in Weehawken New Jersey. The viewer looks up at the buildings and down at the cars and yet they are seamlessly u...
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1970s Futurist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Astronaut Space Walks on Park Avenue Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected pedestrian is caught walking across Park Avenue on a rainy day. We are not sure where he came from or where he is going, but he seems to be on a mission. The Astronaut...
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2010s Surrealist 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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