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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
World Trade Center, Twin Towers, Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Neon Bar and Grill Sign Tenderloin at Night Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a glowing beacon to the thirsty. Inkjet archival print. Signed and dated on lowe...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jumping Poodle Dog in Golden Amber Morning Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mitchell Funk captures a magic moment. The image features a graceful lunging black poodle in pursuit of something outside the image area. The poodle is center...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vintage 42nd Street Traffic Frenzy New York City in the 1970's
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Does anyone remember Nedicks? What New York looked like in the 1970s. Veteran photographer Mitchell Funk captures 42nd Street at night with a parade of glowing marquees framed by t...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Park Avenue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A giant moon is unexpectedly pictured resting between two skyscrapers on Park Avenue. This image was done as an assignment for a Business Week cover. The editors wanted a high-drama ...
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1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Solitary Runner Central Park Snow Storm, Abstract Photography Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A vast and wide view of one of the world's most densely populated cities shows only one person. A lone runner surrounded by white snow is framed by New York's Central Park South sky...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Top, Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the is photograph "Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver", the photographer makes a statement about new and old architectural forms. Signed dated and number...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $1000. This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Bay with Sailboats
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco's most iconic scene is capture in Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Bay with Sailboats. Popular Photography Giant Billboard in Times Square on 48th Street. Popular Ph...
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink

Frenzied Pedestrians at Crosswalk Times Square - Street Photography Literally
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk nabs the frenetic energy of Times Square, where the streets are as over-stuffed as the billboards. They are one and the same and powered by an ele...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York Skyline Phenomenon Photograph
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York Skyline Phenomenon Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Manhattanhenge and the Illuminated Crown of the Chrysler Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
East 42nd Street glows with a deep red from the afterglow of Manhattanhenge. One-point perspective adds drama with converging lines culminating at a vanishing point at the Hudson Ri...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge at Sunrise , Misty Light in Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Soft misty light pours into the scene evoking a poetic expression of a lyrical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size availabl...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Roof Top Jazz Trumpet Player Celebration of Life, Fireworks in New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celebration of Life is symbolized by a rooftop Black Jazz Musician hitting the high note just as a fireworks display lights up the New York sky. Signed ...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

High Angle View Of The Colony Hotel On Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Closeup view of neon top of Colony Hotel at night on South Beach, Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is s...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Statue of Liberty In New York Harbor with Burst of Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Staten Island Ferry with beautiful clouds in New York Harbor. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right re...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: 30 Rock Observation Deck
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unobstructed view of lower Manhattan from the observation deck of 30 Rock is obstructed by a figure in a solid red hooded jacket. The figure becomes a dominant abstract shape in ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red and Purple Tulips Flowers Petals
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.00 - Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, unframed, other sizes available Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet

Curvy Nude in Surreal Landscape of Red and Blue - Album Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal Fantasy Album Cover Beck & Sanborn for CTI records. This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and print...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Row Victorian Houses in Mission District San Francisco, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
THis cassic view of beautiful painted Victorian architecture in San Francisco was inspired during Queen Victoria's reign. The print is signed, Dated, number Lower left 4/15 recto, u...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet, 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 Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Eiffel Tower At Dusk With Dramatic Sky, Paris France
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Eiffel Tower Paris's most iconic and romantic landmark is depicted in a romantic and moody light. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, p...
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Gramercy park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see The Chrysler Building, which is particularly true from Gramercy Park looking uptown. In this tightly cropped view, Photographer Mitchell Funk composes the ...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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...
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1990s Minimalist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet, 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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building: Abstract Expressionist Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A 1930s Art Deco icon is interpreted in the frenetic technique that recalls the Abstract Expressionist painters of the 1950s. As if he were painting with light, visionary photographe...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Urban Art Street Art, Graffiti Wall In Soho, New York City, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti wall in Soho district in Manhattan was photographed in 2007 that's more than a decade before the Urban Art craze had seized the attention of the art world. Art photographer...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful Victorians in Alamo Square, San Francisco, Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk celebrates the colorfully painted Victorians in Alamo Square with a color photograph that reveals the true character of the architecture. It's a jo...
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2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Peacock with Orange Eye Feathers Spiritual Healing
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Peacock Feathers since the earliest times, with all peoples, has been associated with Spiritual Healing, balance, and harmony in the universe. In reality, the male peacock spreads ...
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2010s Art Nouveau Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vintage Las Vegas Motel Sign - Mid Century Sky Ranch Motel
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A perfect day with penetrating light and a deep cobalt-blue sky was the ideal context for Mitchell Funk to photograph the punchy primary colors of a mid-century Las Vegas hotel sign....
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Art Deco in Minimalist Composition, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
As with most of Mitchell Funk's street photography, his images are the opposite of sloppy shoot and grab. He brings the compositional exactitude of studio photography outdoors. In "Chrysler Building...
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2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Elegant Manicured Topiary Garden San Francisco - Tree Sculpture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A row of four verdant topiary trees mimics the shape and cadence of elegant windows in a home in the Sea Cliff section of San Francisco. The overall resulting image is a combinati...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Colorful Rainbow with Flock of Birds in East Hampton, Symbolic of Togetherness
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A densely packed flock of birds fly over a beach in East Hampton while a magnificent rainbow serves as a backdrop. The tight formation of the flock of birds symbolizes unity and to...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Acrylic, 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...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Miami Beach, Art Deco South Beach Ocean Drive,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dazzling colors express the fun and exciting night light of the famous tropical beach resort Signed dated lower right, numbered on lr recto. 3/15 printed later, unframed. other siz...
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1990s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Black Woman with Flamboyant Hair at Cafe
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A black woman with outrageous long blond braids is captured in a cafe. She is seen through a window, and the nature of her hair integrates with the surrounding color structure. Si...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Timeless Cherry Blossoms in Central Park Pre-War Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Blossoms in Central Park with a lone figure in a blue shirt set against the iconic pre-war architecture of Central Park West. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on v...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Picture of the Unknown - Plein Air Painter's Surreal Dream
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a picture of the unknown. We do not know who the artist is. We do not know what the subject is. We do not know where the location is. It is all left to conjecture, yet the image...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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 ...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building Spire Glowing in Gold Light, Manhattan Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In a continuing project, "Mitchell Funk Photographs the Chrysler Building for 50 years," the present work is a stellar example of how Funk takes one of the most photographed world i...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Miami Beach Lifeguard Tower
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Miami Beach lifeguard tower with parasailing in the background. . This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, da...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Street Photography in New York - People Minimized to Colorful Abstract Shapes
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City pedestrians form a graphic pattern integrating with a colorful green construction wall and an orange day-glow concrete traffic barrier. Three orange day-glow stripes e...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Tribeca Window Reflections with Red Abstract Billboard
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A transformative photograph with emotive color emerges from the lens of Photographer Mitchell Funk. For him, it's about capturing extreme light as it strikes form. In the present i...
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2010s Abstract 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

Golden Light on 1970s Road - Street Photography: Literally
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. At a time when most color photographers were just pointing cameras and snapping images mostly during boring mid-day light, Mitchell Funk was innovatin...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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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 Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Louse Point, East Hampton, Abstract Photography in Green and Beige
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated numbered Edition 2 of 15, lr verso - Other sizes available, Printed Later. Unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Naturalistic Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Chrysler Building With Yellow Bus. "New New York Skyline"
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building has new neighbors, and together, they form the "New New York Skyline". Captured from a downtown location, Photographer Mitchell Funk's style of hyper-lighting w...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of a dog walker with five dogs set against a post-impressionist background of warm oranges and cool blues . Signed, Dated, number 3/15 ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Abstract Brooklyn Bridge, Camera 35 Cover, 1973
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-camera multiple exposure with colored gels produces a complex semi-abstract image generation ahead of its time. Created in 1970. Camera 35 Cove...
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1960s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look You See the Chrysler Building: 30 Rockefeller Observation Deck
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever you look, you see the Chrysler Building. In 1980, it was easier to see it because there was less clutter in the Manhattan skyline. From the Observation Deck of 30 Rockefel...
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1980s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

Airplane in Surreal Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Surreal Photography in the Sky - Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Unlike most street p...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge with Warm Puffy Clouds. San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Golden Gate Bridge is depicted in warm golden light. Mitchell Funk's photograph is of an American classic shot in an original way. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right re...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building, Landscape Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A golden Empire State Building sits comfortably inside the center arch of the Manhattan bridge as if that space was designed for it. Precise composition combined with magical late...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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Photographic Paper

Dream Girl
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Done in 1970 during the psychedelic era, Mitchell Funk zooms a sleeping girl in Central Park. There a perfect balance between the zoom of colors emanating from her head and the as...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography

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Photographic Paper

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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