Mitchell Funk Photography

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...

An uncanny juxtaposition of sleek design. The bold geometric forms of the Chrysler Building Spire are set against the equally sleek lines of a contempo...

Bathed in the warm glow of late afternoon light, the Mid-Town Manhattan skyline glitters in a rich palette of gold and magenta. In the foreground, the Empire State Building rises li...

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...

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...

The ephemeral nature of weather is on display in this hyper-dramatic photograph of Manhattan's Flatiron Building. Dark storm clouds crack open for a brief moment and spotlight the w...

Signed, dated, numbered 3/15 lr recto, unframed, other size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper

Mondrian came to New York City in the 1940s, and the city's real-world grid-like street design inspired him to create his famous Broadway Boogie-Woogie series, composed of primary co...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

Color Photographer Mitchell Funk depicts New York City somewhere between the ideal and the real. In an Upper East Side park, he shoots a lone white dog standing at the intersection ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Luminous late afternoon light baths the city in soft golden energy. I lone Motorcyclist adds a dynamic to this well structured composition. Signed and dated on lower right, number...

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...

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...

Chrysler Building at Manhattanhenge exemplifies how to take boilerplate tourist subject matter and make into an original visual. Veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk creates an ...

Signature: Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper

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 p...

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...

Two flower children converse among a gathering of hippies in Central Park. They are adorned with yellow flowers in their hair, which symbolize freedom and ideals of universal belong...

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...

An endless road is pictured in a timeless landscape. As the road winds through the vast expanse of the American West, the grandeur of the surrounding landscape minimizes a solitary c...

A large decal of an American Flag is pasted on the interior of a New York City bus. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a close-up of the bus as it passes by on the street. Th...

The quintessential symbol of San Francisco is small in the picture frame but still is the central focus of the composition. Mitchell Funk's photograph of a Cable Car is as unexpecte...

Two participants in the event mug it up in style during the LGBTQ FETISH Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather . Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right rec...

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...

Romantic moment of a couple strolling in the wintertime in Central Park. End of day light rim lights their hair to give it an almost angelic quality. Two illuminated Park lamp post...

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 ...

Like a painting by Monet, an expansive field of blooming flowers fill the top two-thirds of the picture plane. A flock of migrating birds fly over a Shingle-style East Hampton house...

A red-billed duck swims in a pond of impressionist yellow and blue colors that please the viewer's optic nerve and soothe one's mood. The image is as abstract as it is representation...

Inspired by the drama of chiaroscuro painting by Caravaggio, Mitchell Funk captures figures on the steps of Bryant Park in Manhattan. Unified by the late golden rays of the sun and t...

In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the ...

In 1971, Central Park was a hub for Vietnam War Protests. In this work, Mitchell Funk captures a packed protest scene with emphasis on the graphic nature of the banners and flags. Th...

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...

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...

This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and printed later. Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precise...

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...

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...

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 ...

A bold Black Liberation Army banner is featured among drummers and hippies in a 1971 Central Park protest. We see a rudimentary Super 8 video camera recording it all in the lower le...

What is more patriotic than a retro mid-century blue and red 70s convertible with an American flag draped from its trunk? Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the moment with ...

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...

A girl is shrouded in a golden mist of shimming water droplets emanating from a fountain. This image looks like something post-impressionist Georges Seurat would paint, but in realit...

Signed, dated, numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Cover Camera 35 Magazine Aug/Sept 1976

New York City skyline from Roosevelt Island in pink and mauve colors. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unfram...

A tourist bus adorned with punchy hi-key graphics passes in front of a soaring Times Square billboard of similar nature. Street Photographer Mithcell Funk captures the precise momen...

Impressionist rendition of classic view of New York City's landmark space 3/15 Signed, dated , numbered on lower right, recto unframed. Other sizes available , printed later, Pri...

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...

A hunched-over nude man on an endless sunset road conjures up big themes. Time, distance, life, death, rebirth, and infinity are weaved together in a purposely enigmatic and dreamli...

Mitchell Funk follows the light. Come along with him and become illuminated. Ephemeral rays of golden light strike an Upper East Side pre-war facade under renovation. The resulting...

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...

Museum in a car - The artsiest of art museums is artfully depicted in street photographer Mitchell Funk's imaginative photograph. A passing red car with similar curvilinear forms has the museum's facade reflected in its roof window...

San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church in Taos was photographed in 1973 by Mitchell Funk. The image is characterized by radical cropping and a simplification of elements and is set ...

Cover Nikon World, Spring 2005, Published in Popular Photography Magazine 2000, Times Square Billboard 2001 Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 ...

Abstract City - Ephemeral Golden Building New York Architecture Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings fine...

The ethereal neon sign of a Miami Beach classic glows at night. Customers of Wolfie's Restaurant are seen through a window, while a backlit bus stop lightbox illuminates a single ma...

In the 1970s, senior citizens were fixtures on New York City park benches. In this image, golden light conveys the expressive nature of a disparate relationship between an old man an...