Mitchell Funk Color 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
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
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Photographic Paper
Child Cat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Photographic Paper
Central Park in the Snow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available,
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20th Century American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Photographic Paper
Lower Manhattan drenched in Magical Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shot from Brooklyn Heights in 1975 - Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed, Other size available.
Mitchell Funk is a early...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Photographic Paper
Magenta Staten Island Ferry
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Magenta Staten Island Ferry it’s …Color Field Photography. This retinal numbing image of New York Harbor was done 51 years ago. Unframed, ...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color 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 Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Color 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, which is particularly true from the Lower East Side. Street Photograph Mitchell Funk isolates a red pre-war parking sign from a busy...
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Early 2000s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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 Color Photography
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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 Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Empire State Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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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...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Upper East Side
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched atop a York Avenue highrise, Photographer Mitchell Funk captures an early morning winter vista of Manhattan.
To the right of a big puff of smoke and to the right of the Twin...
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1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building at Sunset - New York Skyline in Silhouette with Orange Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"The Chrysler Building at Sunset" photograph showcases the mid-town skyline's clean and sharp silhouette. To the extreme left is the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building ...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 ...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vintage New York Skyline - Impressionist Yellow and Green
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
From Weehawken, New Jersey, we see the vintage mid-town Manhattan skyline as it appeared in the winter of 1974. In the foreground, a perfectly positioned white cruise ship sprouts sm...
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Gate Bridge with Birds in Monochrome San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The semi-silhouetted arch of the majestic Golden Gate Bridge is caressed by the soft, warm tones of a setting sun. Above, a flock of birds circle as if to pay homage to the soaring e...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Rural Americana Window Joyful Flowers - Abstract Color Norman Rockwell America
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A joyful display of flowers adorns a country house's outdoor window. It's straight out of Norman Rockwell's America. The composition is formal, with rectilinear lines painted in a de...
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2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Epic Orange Sunset over Spiritual Sea with Solitary Boat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary boat is dwarfed by a colossal setting sun on a spiritual sea. The image suggests that a larger force is out there and that humans are just a part of the grand scheme.
Th...
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1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
St Patrick's Cathedral in a Golden Celestial Glow in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A celestial golden glow on St Patrick's Cathedral is sheathed in an equally heavenly sky. The image is not only beautiful but communicates a spirit of the divine as all elements lea...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Divine Intervention: Central Park Ambulance Scene Bathed in Golden Glowing Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Divine Intervention? Magical, almost angelic light envelops an ambulance event in Central Park. The body language of the surrounding crowd and the open ambulance door indicate a seri...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Light Reflections off a New York City Skyscraper with Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dramatic golden light reflecting off a New York City skyscraper with the moon communicates more than just a document of a skyline. This image is about the aesthetic power and perhaps...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Beautiful Nature Colorful Duck Swims in a Pond of Blue and Yellow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Big Sun Over New York City Bridge - The Transience of Time.
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This dramatic image of an oversized sun with a silhouetted plane gracefully passing through conveys the transience of time. Two spires of the Triborough Bridge are centered in the co...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Gathering of Birds on Wires In Miami
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Strong light illuminates an upward view of an exaggerated cluster of gathering birds. The birds' warm golden color in chiaroscuro contrasts with the soft blue tropical Miami sky and...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Yellow Moon Over Manhattan in the 1970s
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A recurring motif in Mitchell Funk's work is the inclusion of an oversized moon. It signifies a celestial presence. This work, "Yellow Moon Over Manhattan," is an early example, but ...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
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1960s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful New York City Facade with Blue, Yellow and Red Squares like Mondrian
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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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 Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Central Park Ice Skaters at Night Purple Sky in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A blur of Central Park ice skaters at night fills the foreground of this dreamy image of one of New York City's most iconic spots. The purple sky and bluish ice add to the overall ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bikini Window Abstraction Times Square - Urban Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme late light darts down a street in Times Square. It illuminates a colorful and semi-abstract window display. A single female figure at the extreme right of the compostion sh...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Aspen Colorado Golden Landscape Luminous Lines of Light and Bicycle
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays transform power lines into luminous lines of light that stretch across the Aspen landscape. A solitary biker punctuates the scene. Over his 55-year photography career, M...
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1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old House and Truck in 1970's Urban Scene
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
What America looked like in 1979. This three-storied house with peeling paint, dilapidated terraces, and a clothesline was shot in Hartford, Connecticut.
Signed, dated and numb...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset - Golden Haze
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Conceptual Photographer Mitchell Funk created a Sci-Fi image 2 years before the iconic Close Encounters of a Third Kind was released in 1977. Funk's work is really two images combine...
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1970s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
A New Skyline is Born - The Manhattan Queens Skyline
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perched high on the roof of an East Side highrise, Mitchell Funk merges the boroughs. Funk creates a new New York City Skyline composed of buildings and smokestacks by selecting the...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Taxi Portrait - Lost in Thought in New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk's signature hi-color/design photography merges with photojournalism in this introspective New York City Taxi Portrait.
Signed, dated, numbered low...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Art: Literally - Painted Manhattan From Above Abstract Patterns
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mitchell Funk captures abstract street patterns in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Absorbing the influence of both the Color Field and Non-Objective painters, Funk ...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Florence with Orange in the Sky - The Rebirth of the Renaissance
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A fresh and bold paintbrush characterizes a classic view of Florence. Mitchell Funk's application of vibrantly bold orange effects a rebirth of the birthplace of the Renaissance. Wra...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Follow The Light - Abstract Photography Golden Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Empire State Building Spire at Idyllic Sunset Orange
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk revisits popular tourist locations and shoots them in a way that perhaps millions of tourists never imagined.
Not unlike Pop Art, he shows us a new way to look at icon...
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Early 2000s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Messiah is Hear" with Godly Light, Celestial Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A New York City street sign is viewed from the back. Posted to it's metallic surface are two street bills featuring a religious figure in a ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fifth Avenue at Rush Hour with Extreme Intense Light, Neutral Palette
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Occupying the lower third of the picture plane, a herd of humans stride down Fifth Avenue. They form an overall pattern. The top of the picture is also comprised of a simple pat...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Art Deco District Miami Beach in the 80's, Pinks and Blues
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mediterranean Revival style, Bendle Apartments, constructed in 1923, is located at 826 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, Florida, is seen here th...
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1980s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
All American Favorites: Husky Dogs and Clint Eastwood in Times Square
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Assisted by the right angle and right light, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk designs an image of Times Square Billboards that is as abstract as it is representational. Two huskies ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal Desert Landscape with Blue Mountain and Magenta Moon - Monument Valley
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Surreal Desert Landscape" is an example of Mitchell Funk's early work. It depicts Monument Valley in an unexpected way. It's 1976 and color photography was not even seriously acknow...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Lonely Looking Wide Eyed Dog in a Car Window
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A lonely-looking wide-eyed boxer peers out a car window in anticipation that his owner will return. On closer examination, this is not a photograph of a real Boxer but a cut out of...
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2010s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Soho - Houston Street with Early Color Field Street Art
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Illuminated in rim lighting, a lone man sits crouched in front of an early example of street art. A giant abstract painting raises seven stor...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pink Orange Sunset on Hazy Moody Sky Billionaires Row like Monet Polluted Sky
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Climate Change can be beautiful. Wildfires from Canada created an orange smoke field that blanked New York City. For a photographer, air pollution was an aesthetic gift. Perched on ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Street Photography of Eccentric Women with Colorful Cloths and Yellow Umbrellas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street photograph of an eccentric woman with a brightly colored hat and colorful clothes pushing a baby carriage with a dog occupant. She stands in front of a window display with bri...
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2010s Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Two Boots and an Umbrella - Red and Black Color Field Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. A downward view of a wet monochromatic Manhattan street references color-field painting. Flat geometric sections of color are accented by an alternati...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Urban Landscape Golden Sky with Melting and Dissolving Glass Skyscraper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Through an 800mm lens, late afternoon light dissolves a glass skyscraper into a glistening and glimmering rectangle. Atmospheric conditions assist the optical illusion where the peri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Saturated Blue Sky Small Town, Early Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Like William Eggleston, Mitchell Funk is an early trailblazer of color photography with unexpected images created in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This image shows a close-up of a ...
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1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bird on a Ledge Impressionist Color Tudor City Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography can be beautiful. Bird on a Ledge by street photographer Mitchell Funk is an exceptionally distinctive example of shooting the streets of New York and getting a lo...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Primary Colors in Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bright reds, yellows, blue and green stripes adorn a wall in lower Manhattan. Chairs of the same color scheme line the street and have an older woman with a scarf covering her face. ...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1984 Life Magazine was in full stride. Their photo editors sent photographers on location to document stories visually.
At the US Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont, South Dakota, Mit...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal City - Manhattan Magical Moment
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The alignment of the planets comes together in a perfect magical moment. A man sets foot on a terrace - an airplane comes into frame - golden light strikes the perfect pitch - atmosp...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Posing Pigeons. Manhattan in Neutral Colors Grey and Gray Birds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A formal and highly balanced composition based on the random positions of pigeons caught the eye of street photographer Mitchell Funk. Each pigeon has it's own pose and personality. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of color 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, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival paper, archival 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 27 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Carol Inez Charney, Lucille Khornak, and Gerard Giliberti. Mitchell Funk color 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.