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
The Cannons of Vicksburg - Civil War on My Mind Surrealism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A silhouetted man looks out to infinity and ponders the buried memories on the hallowed grounds of Vicksburg. He is seen in silhouette in the bottom half of the composition. The top half shows two Civil War...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Angel to the Rescue. Near Death Drug Overdose - Lower East Side
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A disheveled young man lies passed out on Ludlow Street in New York City's Lower East Side. As if he was invisible, herds of pedestrians shuffle by. An angel benevolently comes to hi...
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Hippie Red Sombrero n' Flute Central Park Music Festival 60's Celebration
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A black hippie enthroned in a majestic red sombrero is captured playing a flute at a Central Park music festival in 1969. This was the same year the youth "counterculture" celebrat...
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1960s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chelsea: Old New York West Side Highway Industrial Trucks In Angelic Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Old New York is captured. Angelic golden light caresses an industrial scene truck at a Chelsea West Side loading dock in 1972. The lighting transforms a gritty and oil-soiled space i...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wooden Row Boats: Green, Blue and Red, Central Park, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Stacked wooden row boats in Central Park form a beautiful abstract pattern with fading paint.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Golden Road with Motorcycle and Bicycle,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Visual relationships abound in this photo. The ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Alamo Square Victorian Houses, San Francisco - Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Alamo Square Painted Ladies with modern skyscrapers in background, San Francisco.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. ...
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2010s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. '
Edition : 4 / 20
Signed, dated number lower right Printed later
Other sizes available, unframed
Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Pigment
New York City Street Starbursts over Mid-Town Manhattan -Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Streetlights on Manhattans' Sixth Avenure transform into a starburst of kaleidoscope color through an act of creativity from Photographer Mitchell Funk. The emanating light is a m...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Midtown Manhattan at dusk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Manhattan from Long Island City, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Unearthly Sci-Fi Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk was a pioneer of Sci-fi photography. This work was does for a promotional campaign for Omni Magazine.
Signed and dated on lower righ...
Category
1980s Futurist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Back Dog in New York Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City Magic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneering color photographer with more than 50 photography magazine covers from 1970 to mid 1990s. The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right...
Category
2010s Aesthetic Movement Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
East Village Bums, Tramps Smoking and Drinking at Blue Green Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Four East Village down-and-out derelicts and apparent friends sit on a step and engage in a lively chat. They are smoking and drinking. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the...
Category
1960s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Long Island City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered lower right recto , 3/15 other sizes available, unframed, printed later Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper The Crysler Building is seen in the step wit...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Magenta Sky at Dusk , Serene Sky in Blue and Magenta Running Man and Boats
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A lone figure is captured running against a Magenta Sky at Dusk. He is small in the frame, with the vastness of nature as a backdrop. This image was taken in 1972 and exemplifies Pho...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15, other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Burlesque Show Place Pigalle, Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Burlesque Show in Miami Beach facade with vintage car, Kathy King, Cindy Ember headline at the Exciting International Revue, Collins Avenue, Miami, 1974. This was what a strip club...
Category
1970s Pop Art Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Nocturne
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The joy of photography is on full display as Mitchell Funk captures the moody blues and reds of San Francisco's California street . Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on vers...
Category
1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire with Moon - Art Deco skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Color Photographer Mitchell Funk carefully crafts a composition where the graceful Art Deco shapes of the Chrysler Building spire play off t...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sailboats in New York Harbor with Silver Water and Silver Light WTC
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
When light illuminates the city, there is a good chance you will find Mitchell Funk at the ready to capture it. Glistening light skims off the water's surface, turning it light blu...
Category
1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Times Square Cell Phone in Neon Reds - Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses a Nikon Z8 mirrorless megapixel camera to photograph the screen of a Times Square tourist's cell phone camera. The resulting image is a photogr...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal Kayak Party in Foggy Metaphysical San Francisco Bay with Muted Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The weather phenomenon that defines San Francisco, fog, separates a party of Kayakers from the iconic skyline. It puts them into an enigmatic limbo-like state. Photographer Mitchell ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Sheep Meadow in Central Park with Billionaires' Row Buildings
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This luminous photograph is of the Sheep Meadow which is a vast 15-acre verdant field in Central Park. It's enjoyed by sunbathers, frisbee throwers and fun-seekers who physically g...
Category
2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jet Ski Water Sport Action Wave Race in Blue Water
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A Jet Ski - Wave Runner race is documented from an elevated position to be as abstract as it is representational. Diagonal white trails of waves extend behind each colorful Jet Ski l...
Category
2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The male peacock is a living work of art. Mitchell Funk has captured a moment of full display with iridescent coloration. Arguably, the male peacock ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Man and Dog in New York City Park Early Morning Light Impressionism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
From a high angle, we see early morning light skim across the surface of an outdoor basketball court, creating long, dramatic shadows and poetic patterns. In the center of the compos...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pegasus Mythical Winged Divine Horse Vintage Sign. Mid Century Street Signs
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Red and white gas station signs and parking signs form an abstract pattern in an early example of color photography from 50 years ago in 1972.
Signed ...
Category
1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bowery Street Scene with Abstract Graffiti
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th-century red fire call box is smothered in street advertisements and graffiti. It dominates the left half of the composition. Behind i, a street-l...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Noble Lion at Sunset
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. ,Noble lion caught in quintessential and heroic pose against primal sunset sunet. Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto. 4/15 Printed later, un...
Category
1980s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Airplanes Yellow Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Graphic depiction of a regional airport on Long Island.
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pastel Alley In North Beach, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful houses on Fresno Street in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Inkjet
$4,800 Sale Price
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Simplified Landscape Miami, 70s Car
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Printed later, Other size available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Street Photography - Ephemeral Car Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
On a busy Manhattan street, unnatural light reflects off of windshields and forms a mind-bending abstraction of colors and shapes. In the background, four male mannequins stare at th...
Category
2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Nude Christ Like Figure on Infinite Road
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed . Exhibited, Images Gallery, New York
Category
1970s Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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 ...
Category
2010s Art Deco Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Taxi And Color Doors On 42nd Street
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Crowds of people walking on 42nd Street circa 1996.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto - the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography.
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars is a grab shot. The result is a vibrant interplay of primary colors. Blue bars and blue jeans merge with yellow hair and yellow shoes...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
View of Russian Hill, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Unframed Other sizes available , printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a pione...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mid- Century Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas, Landscape Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Hot Pink Hot Car in Times Square - Automotive
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the visual madness of Times Square, a beacon of futuristic design and color in the form of a hot pink Corvette stops before a light. The uncanny ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Art Houston Street, Soho - Early Street Art
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Early Street Art in New York City documented in color in 1971. Street Art is not a recent phenomenon. The appreciation of it by the art world is. The horizontal white painted lines...
Category
1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
New York City Snow Abstract Architecture, Monochromatic
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A New York City snowstorm allows Street Photographer Mitchell Funk to transform facades of Upper Eastside walkups into a stunning impressionist cityscape. Monochromatic grays are pun...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Green Empire State Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Red, yellow and green of a stop light dangle in front eerie green glowing Empire State Building. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on v...
Category
Early 2000s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hasidic Jewish Family Williamsburg Brooklyn In Golden Light, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouette of a Hasidic Jewish Family walking in front of the Williamsburg Bridge bathed in Godly light.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Sun Reflector with old men in the park. Vintage New York Street Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The glorification of light was an early theme Mitchell Funk employed in his street photography. Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Big Moon over Magenta Sea - Pink Crashing Wave at New Jersey Shore
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran photographer Mitchell Funk strikes a fine balance between abstraction and representation in this optically pleasing color photograph. The sky turns pink magenta as waves cras...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Hazy Day, Central Park West Towers Cradle Orange Red Sun
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed New York City with a thick, warm grey haze, giving the sky a surreal quality. Sunset enhanced the hazy effect. Photographer Mitchell Fun...
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2010s Tonalist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal Brooklyn Bridge with Blue Sky Golden Windows and Red Kite
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Why is this view of the Brooklyn Bridge, a blue sky, and golden windows no longer visible? The image is a creation from Mitchell Funk's mind. It comprises three photographs with colo...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan Rooftop Abstraction - Urban Landscape Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A Manhattan rooftop looks as beautiful as an abstract painting filled with lush colors punctuated by a single sitting figure in hyper-light. New York City rooftops are typically dar...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful Victorian Fairytale Houses, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later on Hahnemuhle paper
Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Deck Chair Casual Abstraction with Raking Light and Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Deck chairs randomly positioned on an Upper East Side balcony are captured by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Raking light produces abstract long shadows giving the overall arrangement of elements a casual abstract look. In the center of the composition is a yellow and green chair with colors...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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
Materials
Archival Pigment
Autumn Colors in New York City as Orange Trees Squeeze into the Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Autumn colors flourish as late afternoon light illuminates Upper East Side trees, emphasizing their orange and red color. The image is unexpected as a juxtaposition of nature and ma...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Nude man on Endless Surreal Road
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shot on location Near Taos, New Mexico, 4 of an edition of 15, Signed, dated and number lower right recto, Other sizes available unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Urban Sunbather, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Elevated view of women sunbathing on the basketball court in New York City.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Multiple Exposure of Colorful Flowers St. Patrick's Cathedral
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1971, and most photographers were shooting in black and white. Fine Art Photography was not yet in the mainstream vocabulary of museums — almost no art galleries considered or ...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Basketball Court New York City Park after Rain, Street Photography Beautiful
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available., printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pionee...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Mystical Transcendent Orange Sunset Big Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A spectacular vast orange sunset dominates the sky as tiny onlookers gaze up and out with amazement. The image has a surreal quality to it and the relationship to the sky and people...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
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.