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
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...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
American Flag Swaying from a New York City Building With Graffiti Wall Art
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Art imitates life. A five-story wall painting of a verdant tree seamlessly blends in with a similar tree in the foreground, creating a double take. To the immediate right, direction...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Chrysler Building in New York Skyline Out-of-Focus
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In this deliberately out-of-focus 1979 photograph of the New York skyline from Weehawken, Mitchell Funk captures the dynamic urban energy of Mid-Town Manhattan through the expressive...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Brooklyn Heights
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Warm late afternoon light illuminates a view of Mid-Town Manhattan from Brooklyn Heights. The supertalls of New York are lined up like soldiers at attention and are framed by the glo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sexy Male Nude on Endless Road in New Mexico in a Quest for Meaning
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A determined, lone, sexy nude male is about to sprint down an endless road in New Mexico and, in a quest for meaning, meet his destiny. The image exudes a sense of primal instincts...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Twin Towers, World Trade Center in Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An iconic view of the Twin Towers shortly after completion are depicted with an angelic light.
Signed dated and numbered on lower right,
3/15 printed later, on Hahnemuhle Paper Oth...
Category
1970s American Realist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
East Hampton Landscape with Field of Pink Flowers and Migrating Birds Monet
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building with McDonald's Marquee from 42nd Street
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk demonstrates the link between minimalism and street photography, which is usually associated with a loose snapshot style.
The present image fuses differen...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York Fog with Statue of Liberty Orange Glow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Early morning light caresses a semi-silhouetted Staten Ferry Boat as it passes a fog-enshrouded Statute of Liberty in New York a sunset in golden-o...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Staten Island Ferry in Magenta New York Harbor by Mitchell Funk, Color Field
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York Photographer Mithcell Funk creates an image with a broad expanse of mostly flat magenta. His representation of space is flat and simplified. In the center of the picture pla...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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, ...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Las Vegas, Fremont Street Neon Signs, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is the greatest and most iconic picture and vintage Las Vegas even done. This classic view of downtown neon signs of Las Vegas before the wrecking ball demolished one of Americ...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink
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...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ducks In Frozen Pond In Snowy Central Park, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Gapstow Bridge in a snow blizzard in Central Park.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Ot...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Fashion Models Nude Legs Fifth Avenue Billboard with Pedestrians
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A monumental Fifth Avenue billboard depicting three nude models from the waist down and only wearing shoes soars above passing pedestrians. Street photographer Mitchell Funk compose...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vintage Red Ferrari in Florence, Italy - Race Cars, Red Sports Cars
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A cluster of vintage red Ferraris lounge on displayed in a square in Florence, Italy. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk was struck by the unexpected site and documented the scene em...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Third Avenue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building. A Third Avenue bus creates a blur of color as it passes in front of the Chrysler Building. Photographer Mitchell Funk took the pres...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Eiffel Tower in Jackson Pollock Drip Lighting - Paris France
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
When the Eiffel Tower was conceived in 1886, it was to be a symbol of aesthetic avant-garde thinking. In 1994, Photographer Mitchell Funk pays homage to Gustave Eiffel's spirit of ...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Basketball Player, Early Morning Light Long Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Long shadows from early morning light create an abstract pattern in a New York City park. In the right-hand corner, you will see a single figure in the final position of a jump shot,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Twin Towers
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Painted Ladies Victorian and Edwardian houses of San Francisco, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Painted Ladies of Alamo Square are an icon of San Francisco. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures them in a quintessential beautiful way. The images is a contrast between ...
Category
2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
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 Photography
Materials
Inkjet, 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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown on a Rainy New York Night
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Driving night rain fashions a network of translucent pointelist dots in front of a glowing Chrysler Building Crown. The work is signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, with...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Bay Bridge in Fog, Color Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
It's a moody and original account of an iconic American view. Dots of red for taillights become an abstract pattern in the foreground, while silhouetted pedestrians punctuate the com...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Williamsburg
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In 1974, wherever you looked, you could see the Chrysler Building. In this image, from Williamsburg, the distinctive Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building peeks its head out above ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk 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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cable Car Passing Through Russian Hill Neighborhood, San Francisco
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Cable car on San Francisco street with Bay Bridge in the background.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower r...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Inkjet
Autumn in Central Park with Fall Foliage
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Clearly, the most beautiful time to be in Central Park is during the Autumn when leaves turn from green to vibrant golds, rich browns, saturated reds, and warm dreamy yellows.
This ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Empire State Building Magenta Architecture Manhattan Skyline, Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Two New York City architectural icons juxtaposed with each other in a magenta sky. The Empire State Building and the Twin Towers shot before a Manhattan building boom gives a clear ...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bow Bridge Central Park New York City in Spring
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Idyllic late afternoon moment where soft light brings out the delicate colors of early spring in Center Park.
Signed, Dated, number Lower left 4/15 recto, unframed, other sizes ava...
Category
2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Timeless Staten Island Ferry and Statue of Liberty at Sunset in New York Harbor
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk captures a timeless image of New York scene in a fresh way. The unorthodox composition leaves the center of the picture vacant, leaving the two subjects on the extreme edges of the picture plane. The old State Island...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Manhattan Baseball field with Running Dog - Green Lawn
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A baseball field becomes a color field like painting with wide horizontal bands of day-glo green, earthy ocher and cool grey. Signed and dated on lower...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $1000.
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gay Beach, A Heavenly Place on Miami Beach Men in Bathing Suits. Gay Interest
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Follow the rainbow flags, and it will lead you to the famous Gay Beach on Miami Beach. Beyond the couples in the foreground, we see a packed scene of engaged in-shape men in bathing...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade with Brooklyn Queens Expressway
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A unique view of The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is shot with magical golden late afternoon light shot in 1972 . The work has not only optic...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
San Francisco Victorians Painted Ladies San Francisco, Alamo Square
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco Victorians Painted Ladies explode with color and charm in this graphic depiction. Direction light enhances the ornate details and heightens the color saturation whil...
Category
2010s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Athletic Male Nude on Endless Surreal Arizona Road
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Athletic male nude about to launch out onto the open road of life. Shot on location Near Taos, New Mexico, 4 of an edition of 15, Signed, dated and n...
Category
1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful Field of Flowers with Redhead Child - East Hampton Like Monet
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Through Mitchell Funk's lens, a field of colorful flowers in bloom turns into a Monet-like Post-Impressionist painting. A lone redhead child punctuates the composition as she prance...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
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 Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Brick Factory Long Island City with Empire State Building in Manhattan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk's photograph of a Red Brick Factory in Long Island City is as much about color-field theory as it is a document of a brightly painted factory facade. Additionally, Fun...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Looking Up on a Sharp Pristine New York City Day
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The selection of a perfect day with crisp light and a deep cobalt blue sky provides the ideal setting for Photographer Mitchell Funk to create a precisely designed photograph of East...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade with Brooklyn Queens Expressway
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. A unique view of The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is shot with magical golden late afternoon light shot in 197...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Inkjet
" 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 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 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York Stock Exchange with American Flag - American Capitalism
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The symbol of American Capitalism is cloaked in the symbol of American Freedom. A monumental American Flag drapes the shiny facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Bright light illu...
Category
2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Staten Island Ferry in New York Harbor with Orange light on Statue of Liberty
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is a classic image of the Staten Island Ferry in New York Harbor bathed in Golden light with the Statue of Liberty in semi-silhouette. The image was shot over 50 years ago but s...
Category
1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Lower Broadway
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Funk's highly stylized composition exaggerates the one-point perspective of the Manhattan street grid. It pushes the viewer's eye towards the horizon, where one's focus is on the flo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Billionaires Row from Central Park Reservoir with Magical Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Photographer Mitchell Funk revisits many popular tourist locations and shoots them in a way that perhaps millions of tourists never imagined. In "Billionaires Row from Central Park Reservoir...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: 2nd Avenue Highrise
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: 2nd Avenue Highrise" is part of a new epic exhibition, Mitchell Funk Photographs The Chrysler Building for 50 Years.
The Chrysler B...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
East Hampton Sky with Flock of Birds at Golden Sunset, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A flock of birds at sunset in East Hampton is captured by color photographer Mitchell Funk. The overall composition without a central point of focus is not unlike the work of East H...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Futuristic Vision: Sci Fi Outer Space Cosmos Celestial Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Decades before Photoshop and digital photography enabled the user to manipulate a photograph easily - Mitchell Funk created some of the most original, mind-bending, and technically brilliant images in analog. This work, "Futuristic Vision: Sci-Fi Outer Space," is a composite of two inverted Transamerica Buildings on a 35mm piece of film. It was done in 1978, and that is six years after the completion of the futuristic Transamerica Pyramid Building...
Category
1970s Futurist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset, Animal Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A striking image of lone Lion set against a dramatic colorful sunset of the animal's domain. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, 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.