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
San Francisco Skyline Blue Sky and One Big Cloud, Landscape Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco Skyline with Blue Sky is depicted in a artfully way.
One big puffy cloud hovers over the skyline of San Francisco and is counterbalanced by a big puffy area of fog. Th...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Modern Photography Cover, Surreal Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Historically , newsstand magazines have used a standard set of practices when it came to choosing their cover image. Their goal was to use a image that people could instantly relate to. The idea being, if an image pops off the page it will attract more attention and then generate more newsstand sales. For editors, choosing a cover was first a marketing decision and then an aesthetic one. That is why most magazine covers and (that includes art magazines) pretty much looked the same. They used familiar images, mostly of celebrities, beauty people or news items of that would beckon and aggressively reach out to the prospect. In this Modern Photography Cover of August 1983, they chose a radical departure. Their cover image that was the opposite of the norm. Mitchell Funk’s Graphic Surreal Landscape...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Urban Street Scene, 9 West 57th Street in New York City, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The Famous 9 West 57th Street red sculpture anchors a New York City street photograph that is part representation and part abstract. ...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Heights Promenade in Golden Light - Magical Light - Edward Hopper
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This early work by street photographer Mithcell Funk, shows a lone woman gazing out from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole image in ...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Crown United Nations, 42nd Street Architectural Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A tightly cropped view of Midtown Manhattan from across the East River in Queens yields a view of the city that only an artist can provide. This perfect arrangement of buildings can ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hell
s Kitchen , New York City, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots an upward view of an old walkup in Hell's Kitchen with golden glittering light against a hot sky. The warm colors vaguely allude to the distr...
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2010s Contemporary Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ed
s at Rockefeller Center, Sci-Fi Surreal
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An unexpected marquee at the base of upscale 30 Rockefeller Center beams neon into the night. The 1930's art deco monolith is lit up like a silver spaceship as it thrusts into an ink...
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1990s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red and Yellow Boats in East Hampton
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Inverted sailboats at Louse Point beach become bands of horizontal color in the beautiful study of summer.
Dr. Toby Israel discusses scenes of nature that you can project yourself ...
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Early 2000s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Nude man on Endless Surreal Road
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shot on location Near Taos, New Mexico, 4 of an edition of 15, Signed, dated and number lower right recto, Other sizes available unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle ...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sydney Opera House, Modern Photography Cover , Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover, February, 1987 Triple exposure of silhouetted men on a hill, against plexiglass colored shapes echoing the bold iconic architectural curves of the opera h...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Young girl in an Couture Pink Dress, Fashion Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The interplay of light and shadow, greys and magenta transform a portrait of a flamboyantly dressed young girl into an optically engaging abstraction composed of alternating patterns...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Pink Umbrellas in the Snow, New York City, Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated, numbered lower left recto 3/15 , other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer"....
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$5,900 Sale Price
26% Off
Miami Causeway in Blue, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The underside of a blue bridge in Miami is transformed into a statement of about urban color. It's a hauntingly beautiful night image of Miami in blue and is punctuated with a red st...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Green Dog Yellow Dog, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Green Dog is photographed so that it is representational and abstract at the same time. The photograph is signed dated, numbered, 3/15 lower right, another...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Cracked Paint Abstraction Chinatown San Francisco Mural, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A painted wall advertisement becomes an abstract work of art through the lens of Mitchell Funk. San Francisco is known for is a rich environment of...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Noble Lion Silhouetted at Sunset, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Noble lion caught in quintessential and heroic pose against primal sunset sunet. Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto. 4/15 Printed later, unframed, other sizes available . P...
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1980s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Running Horse at Sunset - Dave Grusin Album Cover
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Dave Grusin – One Of A Kind Album Cover, 1977
Signed and dated and numbers 2/15 lower right recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
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Inkjet
$4,200 Sale Price
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New York City Early Morning Light, Yellows and Gold ( Color Photography )
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
For over 50 years pioneering color photographer Mitchell Funk has been documenting the life of New York City. Funk's central preoccupation is recording the beauty of the visual worl...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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...
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1970s Color-Field Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Graffiti City. New York, Street Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right, Edition: 3/15 Unframed, Other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Brick Building Facade Street Scene in New York City by Mitchell Funk
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late light skims off the brick facade of a historic red brick building in Manhattan. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk creates an image that is both a realistic document of an urban...
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1990s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blue Buildings, New York 1970, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This transcendent image by art photographer Mitchell Funk's "Blue Buildings, New York 1970" is generations ahead of its time. Executed in 1970, it pushed the boundaries of color pho...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Pigment
Rainbow of Color Refection in Car Window - (Abstract Photography)
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funk encountered a newly painted wall in Queens, New York. Next to the wall was a newly washed red car. This was red meat subject matter for...
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2010s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dust bowl Texas Sunset with Dramatic Sky Windmill - Orange and Yellow landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
While on assignment in 1980 for a Life Magazine story on drought in Texas, Mitchell Funk encountered this vast landscape near Wichita Falls. A windmill with a wood fence and barn...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old New York Moody 59th Street Bridge
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Moody Manhattan.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photogr...
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Early 2000s Romantic Mitchell Funk Photography
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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A golden Empire State Building sits comfortably inside the center arch of the Manhattan bridge as if that space was designed for it. Precise composition combined with magical lat...
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1970s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Sunbathers Miami Beach
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
People are reduced to patters when rows of sun worshipers are caught with a 105 mm lens.
Signed and dated lower right Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Empire State building Multiple Exposure Zoom
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Six in-camera exposures with yellow, green and red filters on a single frame of Kodacrome while moving the position of the camera and zooming yields a striking semi-abstract color i...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Inkjet
42nd St. Diamond Stud
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Adult movie marquees of old 42nd street in 1970. Double header, ABC's of Marriage and Diamond Stud
Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 2 of 15. Unf...
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1960s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Film, Inkjet
Red and Purple Tulips Flowers abstraction in Central Park
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, printed later, other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer"...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Joyful Birds on Roof of a Pink, Summer Beach House East Hampton, Abstract Photo
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Three Gulls sit atop a colorful pink and white beach house near East Hampton. The lead gull is captured with his wings spread and poised to take flight. The picture evokes the summ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Romantic Flatiron Building in Autumn Colors of Orange and Yellow, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New York City's early example of a skyscraper from 1902 is depicted in an artistically abstract way. It is photographed with autumn foliage in the foreground and with the iconic tri...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Life Magazine Cover July 1980, Mithcell Funk Lighthouse
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
alternative photo - done on assignment in Cape Hatteras
Signed lower right, numbered, 3/15 dated
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1970s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Young girl in an Couture Pink Dress, Fashion Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The interplay of light and shadow, greys and magenta, transform a portrait of a flamboyantly dressed young girl into an optically engaging abstraction composed of alternating pattern...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Park Avenue on an Red Impressionists Rainy Day Twilight, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic New York City scenes have been creatively documented by the insightful eye of veteran photographer Mitchell Funk for over 50 years. This moody twilight image of Park Avenue d...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Running Dog in First Light with Long Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
First light skims across the schoolyard pavement creating long and dramatic shadows. A golden dog is captured running through the scene and blends in creating a de Chirico like a su...
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2010s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal Yellow Nude with Eye
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Extreme close up of a eye combined with a full figure nude in a tight and graphic composition. It's an early in-camera multiple exposure using Ektachrome infra red film during the pr...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Inkjet
Dog Park in Magenta - Dogs and People having Fun
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers walk their dogs in an upper east side park. The scene is shot at dawn. First light skims across the ground and gives the whole picture a mesmerizing quality in pinks and...
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2010s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jumping Dog in Golden Light - Early Morning Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs are a wonderful and joyful gift to us all. ln a continuing series, Mitchell Funk explores the dog's playful nature and captures it in dramatic early morning light. The magic...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mid- Century Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas, Landscape Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
$4,640 Sale Price
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Colony Hotel Ocean Drive, South Beach at Night Tropical Neon Reds and Neon Blue
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Tropical Colors abound in this photography of South Beach. Ocean Drives Neon light show is in full display in this Mitchell Funk photograph. This archival color photograph by fine ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal Blue Landscape - Early Sci-fi Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image from the imagination of Mitchell Funk was the cover photograph for Popular Photography Magazine, May 1978, It is signed and numbered on lower right, as well as titled ...
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1970s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Child in Pink on Father
s Shoulders Against Cherry Blossoms
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Out-of-focus figures in the foreground create basic shapes of color akin to Vuillard and the Nabis painters. Shot with a long lens and set against colorful blooming foliage of New Yo...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flatiron Building Multiple Exposure
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated lnumbered ower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later
This work is decades ahead of it's time. An in camera multiple exposure...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Street Art: Literally. New York City Rainy Day with Purple Umbrella
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
City road workers inadvertently become modern-day Steet Artists. Mitchell Funk in a continuing series, captures the colorful diagram mark-ups that city road crews use to plot out th...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Yellow Golden Light, Color Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late golden light transforms a dog into a graphic black shape that seems to float in magical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 and printed later, ...
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1990s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
New York City Snowstorm
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right, Edition: 3/15 Unframed, Other sizes available.
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Times Square during snowstorm and American Flag
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Tight and graphic compositions with creative lighting are a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work.
Signed, Dated, number Lower left 2/15 recto, unframed, other size available
Mitchell F...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Inkjet
Abstract View Of Crowds On Fifth Avenue, New York City
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Crowds of people in blurred motions on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated, and numbered 2/15, lower...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
manhattanhenge, Big Sun Sunset Manhattan Street Golden Light Silhouetted People
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattanhenge is a unique moment where the sun aligns with the east to west grid structure of the street. This was done on 72nd Street in ManhattanSigned, dated lower and numbered ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Inkjet
Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this ...
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1970s Abstract Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Parking Rates
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park Landscape
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This image of Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park was shot at magic hour. That's when the light is late in the day and skims over the surfaces of the grass and build...
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2010s American Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Camel Caravan
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto, 3/15 Unframed, printed later, other sizes available.
Mithcell Funk is a pioneer of Sci-Fi Photography a...
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1980s Surrealist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Black Bird on Colorful Subway Light - Fine Art Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This unexpected bird portrait was a grab shot as street photographer Mitchell Funk was entering the New York City subway. The real charm of the image is that it's more of an abstrac...
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2010s Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Pigment
Bright Green Car In Front Victorian House, San Francisco, Architecture
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco victorian house.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Can a street ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Mitchell Funk Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Neil
s Coffee Shop
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
An upward view of a rare old sign in Manhattan's upper east side is transformed into an abstract composition of bold colors and strong shapes
Signed, dated numbered lower right and ...
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2010s American Modern Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sledding in Central Park Snow
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, printed later, other sizes available
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Early 2000s Impressionist Mitchell Funk Photography
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Photographic Paper
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.