Robert Funk Photography

Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Leg Show, 1978. Notice the knuckle of my index finger in the extreme left-hand corner. The sexy legs image is one of my airbrush paintings, and this...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Street Art created by the Rich with the help of Landscapers and Gardeners. This type of street art...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Star Island is home to billionaires, socialites, jet-setters, and the celebrities of the world. Hedge Fun - Star Island, Miami Beach - Captures what Slim Arrons...

Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-heeled homeowners, high-end condos and ritzy commercial establishments. Shrubs, bushes and trees are transf...

Art by God? If so, the peacock is his most magnificent creation. The bird's majestic and iridescent metallic blues and greens with an endlessly large train are on full display. Th...

A cutout illustration of a beautiful, idealized mid-century young woman from a 1940s magazine, cozy, up to a beach soft drink seller. She holds a sandwich. He holds a cigarette. Both...

Besides being a pioneering staged photograph, the composition is unique as well. A five-inch cutout appears to be monumental. The subject fills the pictorial space from the bottom to the top. It dominates the vast beachscape and dwarfs the life-size figures to the lower right. By photographing a reproduction of a person on paper, Funk pushes the boundaries of portraiture in 1977. Robert Funk is a pioneer of Staged Photography. The work is signed, numbered 3/15, dated, and titled lr. printed later, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies and staged photography. He also photographs his own paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs he creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970's and early 1980's. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg...

Street Art literally. Two yellow plastic toy vans sit face to face on the asphalt. They could be construed as having a conversation. Meanwhile, a yellow taxi slows down to see wha...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Street Art from the rich is to be found on every corner in Naples. It's a city with perhaps more flo...

Besides being mysterious, cats are equally beautiful and unmatched in that regard with anyone else in the animal kingdom. Black Cat. Green Eyes was photogr...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Street Art from the Rich is found on every corner in Naples. It's a city with perhaps more flowers ...

Superman lands in the embattled 1970s South Bronx and gets a friendly reception. This is an early example of Stage Photography and prefigures other art movements as well, such as app...

Street Art By The Rich. Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-he...

Close up of art deco bronze of Diana the Huntress with color reflections in super hi-res. Bright magenta and rich blue reflects off of Diana's polis...

Labyrinth of Life Enter a mystical prehistoric landscape minus the roar of a dinosaur. Get lost in a floral dreamscape of magenta, greens and cerulean blues. Rendered with vivaci...

The timelessness of pyramids is puncuated with a dreamy terracotta classcial head. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available Printed on Hahnem...

Ruth on the Roof with Bald Friend. 1974. Like all my work, this is a straight shot, on location, with no Photoshop strip in. The location is the roof of 135 Willow Street in Brooklyn...

Pioneering Staged Photographer Robert Funk paints an 8-foot giraffe on plywood and physically brings it into Grand Central Station. On an upper level, he shoots it with a flash, capt...

It's a cornucopia of cotton candy colors. A blanket of beautiful flowers in pink shot in America's most beautiful city... San Francisco. Signed, numbered, and dated 3/15 lr recto, unframed, printed later. other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...

Simmering silver water underpins a group of sailboats punctuated by a small boat in the foreground. The image takes on the look of traditional Asian art with its simplicity and per...

This close-up of a peacock displaying is defined by late, dramatic light. The photographer is lying on his belly in the dirt - inches from the bird to get this intimate upward-look...

The road to Coconut Grove is adorned with green lush tropical rainforest plants. One of the most graphic is the alocasia macrorrhizos. They function as shapes as much as they do as w...

They're doing the "Swirl." The roses are stationary, but their circular structure gives the illusion that they are rotating or dancing. This is straight photography without digital m...

Fawn at Dawn photograph. Golden light pours into the scene and drenches a classic bronze statue with flowers evoking a a timelessness. Signed,...

Peacocks roam freely in the streets around Coconut Grove in Miami. Arguably, they are one of nature's most exquisite works of art. They are adorned wit...

Arguably, the Peacock is God's most beautiful creation. Photographer Robert Funk captured him strutting and displaying his dreamy iridescent plumage on...

Roman bronze figure after the antique is capture in an introspective moment. Highlights on the eyelids accent the dreamy quality of the gaze. ...

Golden light pours through trees creating intermittent shadows that dance on the limestone facade of a serene upper eastside townhouse. The shadows frame a bronze relief of a nude ar...

This is a photograph. A perfect balanced art deco sculpture of nude and doe is deftly composed against an ornate gilt frame. The image was taken with available light in keeping wi...

Well-muscled male cat with full mane. He's King of the Jungle even if he's in stone and against a pink background. The contrast of gritty the stone texture against the smooth flat sky is unexpected and somehow makes the image special. Signed, dating and numbered 2/15 recto, unframed, another size available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...

This close-up of a peacock displaying is defined by late dramatic light. Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV. He was widely publishe...

Shipping should be around $100.00 Signed, Dated, Numbered 3/15, unframed, other sizes available. They're doing the "Swirl". The roses are stationary but do to their circular stru...

Neutral Colors - Nature formed by man. Understated natural color defines orderly natural forms and evokes a sense of peace and tranquility. Shot with a Hi-res 36 mega pixel camera ...

The reality is that this is an eye-witness account of a male peacock displaying for the attention of a female peahen. It turns out that humans are equally...

Blond girls, Nude and scantily clad feminine figures, and ballerina dancers, with delicate, refined fingers and toes, are captured in idealized poses with soft pastel colors. In the most graceful pose, a beautiful blue-eyed blonde girl is captured on her tiptoes with outstretched arms. Signed, dated and numbered 3/15 recto, unframed, printed later, another size available- printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper - There is an intentional light grain to the film. Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...

In this photograph, " Classical and Art Deco Bronze and Marble Statues in Monochromatic Light," the traditional elegance of classical and art deco forms expressed in bronze and marbl...

Art made by God. Signed, dating and numbered 2/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other size available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper and printed later Robert Funk is a pho...

Roman bronze figure after the antique is capture in an introspective moment. Highlights on the eyelids accent the dreamy quality of the gaze. ...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Landscaping art aesthetically is the opposite of the generally accepted meaning of Graffiti Street Art...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Street Art from the rich is to be found on every corner in Naples. It's a city with perhaps more flo...

The afterglow of a Miami sunset illuminates a single sailboat to create a moody and minimalistic composition of cobalt blue and beige. The work is signed, dated numbed lowerright rec...

Even in Florida, trees change colors. Robert Funk captures a sublime example of tropical foliage. It's composed of a seemingly infinite universe of intertwined leaves in a complex a...

A two-inch plastic toy figure of a suited man is placed on top of an extended firetruck ladder. The toy truck and man are placed on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights building and positioned directly in front of the lower Manhattan skyline. At the time, it was the very center of of world commerce. The two-inch toy man raises above the tallest and most important buildings , including the recently finished World Trade Center Twin Towers. Clearly, this man is above it all and this photo is more than child's play. The work is signed, numbered 2/15, dated and titled lr. printed later, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies and staged photography. He also photographs his own paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs he creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970's and early 1980's. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg...

Art by God. They are called plants. Shadows are cast over heart shaped plants in Miami while a natural heart form cutout appears on one leaf. Signed, dating and numbered 2/15 rec...

Double portrait of colorful peacocks with shimmering plumage set against a verdant background. Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV....

Hundreds of Red Roses, Pink Roses, and Yellow Roses in stacked blocks flank a 19th Century nude marble statue of a nude young girl. In a sense, the...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Landscaping art aesthetically is the opposite of the generally accepted meaning of Graffiti Street Ar...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Street Art created by the Rich with the help of Landscapers and Gardeners. This type of street art m...

Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Street Art from the rich is to be found on every corner in Naples. It's a city with perhaps more flow...

Shipping is $100. Art made by God. The first photo enlarged should be most accurate for color. You will see delicate purple, lavender and green hues Shot with a Hi-res 36 megap...

Use the 1st image as a reference for color. It's a cornucopia of cotton candy colors. A blanket of beautiful flowers in pink shot in America's most beautiful city... San Francisco. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 3/15 , unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...

Street Art by the Rich. Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Large blue boxwood balls stand next to a long teal blue boxwood hedge Beautiful landscaping greets visitors as they approach sophisticated residences along Miami's fabled Collins Avenue. Hedge Fun...

Colorful Jubilation Trees set against a charming Victorian in the Mission District of San Francisco. Jubilation Trees are Art made by God. Signed, dated and numbered 3/15 recto, un...

Palm trees blowing in a tropical breeze and captured at first light to creates a dramtic contrast of light and shadow.. Nature becomes abstract while still being beautiful. Signed...

A formal composition of stacked fruit. Signed dated and numbered lower right., 3/15 printed later, other sizes available, unframed, Printed on Hahnemü...

Signed, numbered and dated lower right 3/15 . unframed, other sizes available. printed later Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a painter, advertising art directo...

Windswept azur sea is puncuated by two anchored sailboats that form an abstract pattern. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed lat...

Shipping should be around a $100. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available

The street view of Naples, Florida, is defined by its meticulous greenery. Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Landscaping art aesthetica...

The street view of Palm Beach is defined by its meticulous greenery. Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefines what Street Art is. Landscaping art aesthetically i...