Mitchell Funk Portrait 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
Black Hippie Girl, Bethesda Fountain
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1969, Bethesda Fountain on weekends was a gathering place for the radical and hip people of the time. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were regulars...
Category
1960s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet
Astronaut Space Walks on Park Avenue Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hippies in Central Park with Oversized Psychedelic Moon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Hippie Portrait, Bethesda Fountain
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1969, Bethesda Fountain on weekends was a gathering places for the radicals of the time. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were regulars speakers the...
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Late 20th Century Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Gay San Francisco , Folsom Street Fair. BDSM Leather LGBTQ FETISH
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Hip Beautiful Black Female Roller Skates in Central Park Soaked in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A hip young black woman in Central Park pauses for a moment of reflection after her roller skate dance. Street photographer, Mithcell Funk, captures her in an off moment of introspe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
" Hello. I'm a Pigeon" - Golden Facade with Red Eye Pigeon in Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk displays an unparalleled ability to translate a drab street scene into a dimensional and compelling image. A Red Eye Pigeon is captured against a facade illuminated wi...
Category
2010s Modern Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
African American Youth With Water Reflections - Self Reflection
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Self Reflection " In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait the photographer merges naturalism and representation with abst...
Category
1970s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Children Gaze out San Francisco Street Car into the Rain, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Cute kids gaze out into the rain. Observed in primary colors, these primary schoolers are framed by the bold yellow and purple of a streetcar window. Mitchell Funk brings the comp...
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fashion Hat in Paris
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Hat in Paris. Style above it all.
A graphic statement in red, black and green
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Printed later. Unframe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Toy Rocking Horse, Naive Fun Pink Orange Photograph, Kids Room, Children's room
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk photographs a child's Rocking Horse Ride in the snow. The inherent beauty of this moving sculpture for kids is enhanced as flakes of w...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Women With Hat In Bus Window, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Women framed In San Francisco bus window.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other sizes ar...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Raining with Sunshine: Three Horses in Autumn Rain and Golden Light in New York
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For 55 years, Mithcell Funk has been capturing the emotive power of color and light. In the present image, "Raining with Sunshine," Funk captures three horses lined up in a row and ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tribeca Street Photography with New York City Reflections
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A typical street scene in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood is photographed unexpectedly. Pedestrians are depicted walking in front of a reflective surface, which results in a typ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Hippie with Blond Afro, Washington Square Park - Henri Ghent Black Curator
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1969, weekends at Bethesda Fountain were a gathering place for the radical, glamorous, and hip people of the time. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were regular speakers there. Po...
Category
1960s Street Art Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet
Street People Bowery - New York City's "Skid Row - Bum Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For decades the Bowery as the home of a huge vagrant population in New York City. This 1970 portrait captures a derelict with piercing blue eyes that echos his blue state of mind a...
Category
1970s Modern Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A woman in a purple umbrella is captured in front of Bethesda Fountain Central Park in a driving snowstorm. Her formal pose perfectly aligns with the bronze sculpture so that one ele...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Black Boy Broken Glass Brooklyn Museum Color Photography Show by Henri Ghent
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of a street photography portrait in color and multiple exposures with an image of broken glass . Exhibited: Images en Couleur, Brooklyn Museum, 1970. ( This was firs...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Moondog in Infrared Against Black Rock CBS Building, Street People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moondog, was a blind American composer and musician. He was a fixture in front of the CBS building Black Rock on 6th Avenue and 5nd street. Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tra...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Streets of San Francisco at Night from the Inside of a Taxi Car
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected view of the streets of San Francisco at night is captured by Street Photographer Mitchell Funk. From the inside of a taxi cab, we view the driver in profile as he tur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
1960s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait 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...
Category
1960s American Modern Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of Green Eyed Sci-Fi Star Trek Girl in Golden Light in Times Square
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a green-eyed Sci-Fi Star Trek girl illuminated by intense golden light.
In most portrait photography, the subject collaborates with the ph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Retro Urban Street Photograph - A Conversation in Blues and Reds
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two men have a conversation and joke-it-up on the steps of a boarded-up store named Nicks Cleaners. The whole scene is awash in dreamy blues and reds. Absorbing the influence of bot...
Category
1980s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Intoxicated Skid Row Bowery Homeless, Gritty Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Enter the Wood Chipper. Before the Bowery was a trendy destination, it was America's most famous Skid Row. Vagrant flophouses, 10-dollar prostitutes, dive bars, and what used to be ...
Category
1960s Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bare Ass, Folsom Street Fair Gay San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The print is signed, dated, and numbered with an edition of 2/15. It's signed lower right recto. printed later. Other sizes are available and it's unframed. Printed on Hahnemühle F...
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Beautiful Flower Woman on Fifth Avenue Easter Parade, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The merger of human and plant forms is complete with a lovely young woman dressed in an elaborate flower hat. The beauty and warmth of her floral outfit are matched by her smile.
Si...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Old Miami Beach at Night - Ethereal Wolfie's Restaurant Neon
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Double-take. Street Photography with Eerie Blue Eyed Billboard
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A photograph of a photograph can be as real as reality. Illusion and reality on the streets of New York are on display in this double-take street photograph by Mitchell Funk. The f...
Category
2010s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Fleeting Glance in Fleeting Light - Washington Square Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funks' signature style is to energize traditional photojournalism/ street photography with overly dramatic light, color, and composition. This wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Two Facades - Old New York Bar with Surreal Mid-Century Mannequin Face
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two Facades. Mickey's Place was Bar
/ Restaurant in Chelsea opposite the old West Side Highway. In this photograph, late afternoon light illuminates the old walk-up building giving ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Man in Colorful African Theme Clothes Illuminated by Shaft of Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Rays of golden light burn through New York's streets and illuminate a man dressed in a vivid African-themed shirt with matching shorts. He dominates the composition that emphasizes ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Whimsical Woman with Colorfully Fanciful Outfit Blue Eyeglasses
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a frontal portrait of an older woman with an inventively outrageous look. Piercing blue circular eyeglasses and a handmade pointy hat remin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dinosaur Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dinosaur , Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Printed later. Unframed , Other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
Early 2000s Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Spiritual Hare Krishna Central Park, Consciousness is the Original Energy
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, Central Park was a center for celebrations and protests. In his image, the Hare Krishnas who are a mystical sect of Hinduism are capt...
Category
1970s Street Art Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Head Shop East Village New York City, Hippie Era
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 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jazz Trumpet Player by Mitchell Funk, Soulful Rainbow of Color Magenta Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. The color will vary ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Figures on the Steps of Bryant Park with Caravaggio Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The ephemeral nature of fleeting light is captured in Kodachrome in this early color photograph taken in 1971.
The work is signed, dated, and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other s...
Category
1970s Street Art Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Old New York Bar with Ballantine Beer Neon Sign
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Two African American Women Shine in Pink and Orange on Easter Day Parade
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Punchy pink and outrageous orange outfits shine as brightly as the subject smiles in this street photograph taken on Fifth Avenues Easter Day Parade.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blond Rainbow Girl - Semi - Nude
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Signed, dated , numbered 3/15 lower right recto, unframed, other sizes available, printed later
Funk did this for a magazine assignment during the ps...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Anti-Vietnam War Protesters Hippies in Central Park with American Flag
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An attractive ffemale Hippie in Central Park during an Anti-Vietnam War protest and sandwiched with another image of an American flag.
The print is signed...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan Street Scene With Glamours Billboard ( Street Photography )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a Manhattan moment of contrast. The top three-quarters of the composition is a wrap-around billboard seen behind street lights. It dep...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Horses, East Hampton
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Can a street photograph be a grab shot and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, 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 ...
Category
2010s Art Nouveau Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dale Chihuly, Life Magazine,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Inkjet Archival Print. The Shot was done on a Life Magazine assignment on "Glass Artists" 1981. The three essential elements are presented in a bold fr...
Category
1980s Modern Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Neighborhood Kids on Stoop in Red Hood Brooklyn - Vintage Brooklyn
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Kids from the Neighborhood in Red Hood Brooklyn are hanging out. This is what Brooklyn was like in the early 1970s. Notice the metal garbage cans.
S...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Inkjet
The Bowery Skid Row Portrait. Urban Street Art - Mid Century Green Wall
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For generations, The Bowery was known for homeless, abandoned alcoholics. This insightful and soulful portrait from 1969 shows one of the Bowery's street residents against a green w...
Category
1960s Modern Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Groovy Portrait. Hippy at Psychedelic Head Shop St. Mark's Place, East Village
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Groovy portrait of a hippy in from of a Head Shop in St. Mark's Places, East Village. In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, ...
Category
1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hard Times - Street People in Monochromatic Grey New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this does not seem like a big deal. But 52 years ago in 1971, it was qu...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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Find a wide variety of authentic Mitchell Funk portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of portrait 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 purple, blue, green and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mitchell Funk in paper, archival pigment print, 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 contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Mitchell Funk portrait photography, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Greg Gorman, Lawrence Fried, and Ken Regan. Mitchell Funk portrait photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,500 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.