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
Chrysler Building Blue Zoom, New York Skyline, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
With an upward zoom and a slow exposure, Photographer Mitchell Funk reimagines one of the world's most iconic landmarks. The photograph is a lyrical evocation of a normally cold stre...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street People Bowery - New York City's "Skid Row - Bum Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For decades the Bowery as the home of a huge vagrant population in New York City. This 1970 portrait captures a derelict with piercing blue eyes that echos his blue state of mind a...
Category
1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dogs are Part of the Landscape of Our Lives
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
First light skims across the pavement of a Manhattan basketball court. The intense gaze of a dog at attention punctuates a complex interplay of shadows and surface detail of lines ...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Bike Rider at Sunset and the Karate Kid - Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on the lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper.
Mitchell Funk is a p...
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2010s Street Art Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building at Night, Magenta Sky on Rainy New York Night - Color Photo
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the vitality and energy of New York City's classic Art Deco skyscraper, The Chrysler Building. It glows in pink, magenta, and crimson on ...
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2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building with Pan Am Building - New York Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk looks up at the Met Life and Chrysler Buildings from Grand Central Station. He perfectly designs dark and light areas with golds set against blues. A silh...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Nude Man Spouting in the Desert - Gay Interest- Born from Mother Earth
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
We are all born from Mother Earth. Mimicking a plant or tree, a muscular man standing on his head emerges upward from the desert ground with is legs spread out like branches. Seen f...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Glowing Chrysler Building and 42nd Street at Manhattanhenge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
42nd Street glows, but not from Broadway marquees' bright lights. It's from Street Photographer Mitchell Funk, who captures the setting sun of Manhattanhenge, which, along with stree...
Category
1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Head Girl in the Bowery - Graffiti Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A graffiti street scene in New York City becomes a semi-abstract picture.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printe...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building in Silver and Gray Tones Abstract Spacial Relationships
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In Mitchell Funk's continuing series about redefining New York City icons, he allows light and camera angle to change the subject's look and alter the sense of place. In this work, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Covid-19 New York City, Empty Park Avenue no Traffic Except a Lone Motorcycle
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk
Covid-19 New York City, Empty Park Avenue with no Traffic Except a Lone Motorcyclist
Inkjet Archival Print
43 × 29 in
Signed, dated lower and numbered 2/15 lower right...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Debutantes in Formal Black Evening Dress with Tiara in Times Square
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An everyday street scene yields an unexpectedly delightful moment. Charming young Debutantes crowned with tiaras lift their elaborate formal dresses off the asphalt as they cross a ...
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Early Morning Light Turns Chrysler Building Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Early morning light turns the spire of the Chrysler Building and the surrounding buildings orange. Photographer Mitchell Funk was at the right place at the right time to capture nat...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract View Of Crowds On Fifth Avenue, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Crowds of people in blurred motions on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated, and numbered 2/15, lower...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building from 30 Rockefeller Center
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
From the observation tower of 30 Rockefeller Center, The Chrysler Building is seen looking east.
Its spire is bathed in a golden glow from direct light.
An orange sunset appears to i...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken3
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The mid-town Manhattan skyline as it looked from Weehawken in 1974. It may be barely recognizable from todays version but there still are a few unmistable landmarks. In the upper r...
Category
1970s Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Silhouette Of People Walking On New York City Street
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Elevated view of people and silver light on New York City street.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower righ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Vintage Sign Holiday Inn - Mid Century at Night
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Retro Holiday Inn neon sign on a foggy night with vintage cars.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed ...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A woman in a purple umbrella is captured in front of Bethesda Fountain Central Park in a driving snowstorm. Her formal pose perfectly aligns with the bronze sculpture so that one ele...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Victorians
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco Victorians explode with color and charm in this graphic depiction. Direction light enhances the ornate details and heightens the color saturation
Signed dated lower...
Category
2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flatiron Building New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 315, Unframed, printed later other size available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk brings the compo...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Monochromatic Golden Gate Bridge in Fog, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a moody moment of monochromatic minimalism. Iconic San Francisco is depicted with utter simplicity. The Golden Gate bridge is stripped of color and form and is reduced to a f...
Category
1990s Minimalist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Inkjet
Dog Walker in Magical Golden Light - Color Hunter Photographer
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The color-hunting eye of veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk transforms drab street scenes into sanctuaries of luminous bright colors. Manhattan's grey canyons receive only fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Boy Broken Glass Brooklyn Museum Color Photography Show by Henri Ghent
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of a street photography portrait in color and multiple exposures with an image of broken glass . Exhibited: Images en Couleur, Brooklyn Museum, 1970. ( This was firs...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Surreal Yellow Nude with Eye
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme close up of a eye combined with a full figure nude in a tight and graphic composition. It's an early in-camera multiple exposure using Ektachrome infra red film during the pr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Chrysler Building Looking Up in Light and Shadow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The play of light and shadow is on full display in this photograph by Mitchell Funk. His upward view of the Chrysler Building from an unexpected angle departs from traditional color ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire With Abstract Architectural Patterns
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Seen through two surrounding buildings, the Chrysler Building's spire emerges as a cool blue Art Deco statement. Photographer Mitchell Funk selects a precise angle so that the photog...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
California Street On Rainy Day, San Francisco In Blue Tones
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
People with umbrellas crossing California Street on rainy day with cable car In the background.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, oth...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, 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. ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown, Classic New York City , Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Precise composition with magical late light is a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work.
Signed, dated and numbers Edition 2 /15 lower right. Printed later, unframed, other size availab...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur - Mitchell Funk Street Photographer
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Embracing a need to innovate in color photography in 1975, Mitchell Funk, takes a new approach to the interpreting the New York skyline. In "Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur" Funk depicts the vibrant emotion of the city rather than a straight forward document of it. The blur technique and subject matter are a perfect fit for the city that never sleeps.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso. Edition: 2/15 Unframed, other size available printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Beginning in the late 1960’s, Mitchell Funk has spanned 5 decades of photo innovation.
He’s a 10 trick pony...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
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. ...
Category
1980s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Twin Towers, World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan Bathed in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late afternoon golden light reflects off the metallic facade of the Twin Towers, turning them into two graphic shapes that tower above the lower Manhattan skyline. Glittering reflect...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
:ate 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 Printed later, other...
Category
1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Chrysler Building Spire Zoom Color, Abstract Photography Pastel Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building Spire is zoomed by Photographer Mitchell Funk. The concept is to take one of the most photographed icons in the world and present it visually different but stil...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown at Night with Glowing Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
As the sun sets and the lights come on, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the quintessential image of the Chrysler Building's Art Deco crown in a glowing sky. The vaulting progres...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Glowing Gas Station
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary figure pumps gas under an unearthly shroud of alien-like l ight. Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available, Printed on Hahne...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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...
Category
1980s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: McDonalds
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.
In the foreground of this image, the 4...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The sun sets at Manhattanhenge with the Chrysler Building's crown illuminated, creating a dual lighting source. Enter Mitchell Funks light-filled world in which his photographic ima...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
1990s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building at Night with New York Skyline Vista
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building rises like a rocket ship in a glittering sky, conveying a sense of boundlessness. An aura of soft light caresses the scene, giving it a touch of mystical signif...
Category
1980s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building in Multiple Exposure of Blue and Magenta
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building may be one of the most photographed buildings in the world, yet Mitchell Funk imagines it unlike any tourist snapshot. This colorful kaleidoscope-like image was...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Porsche
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell extracts color from a seemingly boring landscape. Eye-popping saturated primary colors, and an unexpected camera angle defines his visual style and springboards him into a c...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Weehawken
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1995, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from the Weehawken, New Jersey vantage point, the iconic spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its he...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This highly dramatic photograph shows a dialog between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building as they appeared in 1998.
Photographer Mitchell Funk captures mid-town New...
Category
1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Greater East River
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1998, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. From the vantage point of the Greater East River/ Flushing Bay, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the Chrysler ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Trees On Foggy Lane In East Hampton New York - Mutted Color
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Car lights on foggy street in East Hampton N.Y
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other siz...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Fog - Play of Light on the Upper East Side Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A play of light envelopes the Upper East Side skyline of New York City and projects a feeling of fogginess. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a moment when the atmosphere transmits...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Art Deco Marlin Hotel On South Beach, Miami Beach with Hot Colors
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage pink Cadillac car in front of the classic art deco Marlin on Miami Beach.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
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 ...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Victorian Row Houses in First Light and Billowing Clouds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco's famous Victorian Row Houses are soaked in the golden light of early morning. The dramatic clouds above take on the same color scheme of th...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Central Park Bow Bridge with Silhouetted Figures Post-Impressionist Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Post-Impressionist Golden Light illuminates six figures on Central Park's Bow Bridge. They are depicted in casual poses unburdened by everyday stresses. The low-angle backlighting s...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
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.