Mitchell Funk Color Photography

Luminous late afternoon light baths the city in soft golden energy. I lone Motorcyclist adds a dynamic to this well structured composition. Signed and dated on lower right, number...

Street Photographer Mitchell Funk makes a statement about two New York icons. The majestic Plaza Hotel proudly rises against a deep cobalt blue sky in the crisp early morning light....

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...

Pioneering SciFi photographer Mitchell Funk experiments with altered realms of reality by juxtaposing two landscapes of unnatural color to form a never-before-seen original vision. A single silhouetted figure looks out on a day-glow yellow sea leading to a dreamscape of trees. The yellow of water is picked up in the trees to unify the different perspectives. Published Popular Photography Magazine, February 1976...

A solitary hooded figure crosses a desolate Manhattan street as light snow and rain come down. For 54 years, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the effects of light on form; here, h...

A circle of cherry blossoms frames the two spires of the iconic San Remo. This is not a staged image. Photographer Mitchell Funk found the right location, angle, and arrangement of ...

Illuminated in rim lighting, a lone man sits crouched in front of an early example of street art. A giant abstract painting raises seven stor...

The classic neon signs of Freemont Street glow and beckon in this 1975 photograph by Mitchell Funk. The camera angle, lighting, and composition tra...

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,...

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...

Early New York City skyscrapers rich in history are celebrated in this magical image. Golden late afternoon illuminates the facade of New York City's first skyscraper: The Flatiron Building. Directly behind the Flatiron is the Beaux-Arts Neoclassical Consolidated Edison Building at 4 Irving Place. In the far distance and in another borough is the iconic Williamsburg Tower...

To a color photographer, color is a creative resource unto itself. In a blandscape of dull grays and browns, the hyper-bright yellow wall with prim...

A young woman expresses an internal moment of joy and free expression as she strikes a spontaneous dance pose in Central Park. The scene is a captured moment by street photographer M...

Burlesque Show on Miami Beach, Collins Avenue facade, featuring a vintage car, with Kathy King and Cindy Ember headlining at the Exciting International Revue on Collins Avenue, Miami, 1974. This was what a strip club...

Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, 1972, Bathed in magical golden light. There is a sense of loneliness akin to Edward Hopper paintings where ...

At sunset, a trumpeter strikes a high note above it all. The dreamy, out-of-focus lights of hip Los Angles represents his music in visual terms. Funk is ...

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, ...

Street Photography: Literally. From an elevated vantage point, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots down on a busy midtown Manhattan street and composes the image so that it's as...

Impressionist rendition of classic view of New York City's landmark space 3/15 Signed, dated , numbered on lower right, recto unframed. Other sizes available , printed later, Pri...

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...

Can a photograph reduce stress and anxiety? Photographer Mitchell Funk says yes with his high-angle shot that harmoniously unifies sea and land. A pleasing relationship is created ...

This is an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...

Signed, dated lower and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, unframed, printed later, other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Description: Quintessential image of ...

Heavy snow creates a shadowless scene that allows blue and red umbrellas to pop out from a subdued background. Funk captures a magic moment of perfect spatial and color harmony. Si...

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...

A formal and highly balanced composition based on the random positions of pigeons caught the eye of street photographer Mitchell Funk. Each pigeon has it's own pose and personality. ...

Manhattan Nocturne by Mitchell Funk. The colors are the music of the night. The image is a stunning example of the artist’s blending of the abstract and representational. Signed, ...

Bright and bold colors define one of San Francisco's most beloved architectural gems. The Painted Ladies of Alamo Square are transformed into a color field painting. Mithcell Funk's...

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...

Snow scene in Central Park in blue and white. White Doves over New York City Bethesda Fountain in the Snow. This is an image about the interaction between winged creatures.. .some are birds, and some are statues. The birds are in flight and the bronze with outstretched wings is poised to flight. Circling the bronze, the birds seem to be egging on the bronze statue to join them. Funk employs a blur effect of the birds combined with soft snow that envelops the fountain sculpture designed by Emma...

Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, dated, numbered 4/15, lower right, unframed, other sizes available 'Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography ...

People scattered among the snowflakes become simple graphic elements in Central Park in Snow Bethesda Fountain with Monochromatic Color Scheme image. The...

This image was shot in Central Park. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the intoxicatingly beautiful optical effect of natural light as it skims off of wooden swings...

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 53 years ago in 1969 it was quit...

Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset.. Signed, dated numbered on the lower right, 2/15 , Printed later, another size available, unf...

This image is as much about the color of the red wall and the psychedelic colors of the female's shirt street as the three figures who populate the composition. Color is a co-subject...

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light 2014, Signed dated and numbered 4/15, right recto, inkjet archival print lower East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer...

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...

Mannequin in store window on Madison Avenue in New York City. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right r...

Art Deco buildings in the South Beach area of Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto...

A dramatic seascape with golden seas complemented by an equally golden sky is depicted with a child seen from the back gazing out into infinity. The viewer can read into it what he/...

A moody New York street is dotted umbrellas that yield a pattern of bright colors set against a desaturated ground. Signed dated and numbered 1/15 lower right recto, other sizes ava...

Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 5/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pionee...

The city that boasts the most Victorian Houses San Francisco and the best of them are the That Painted Ladies. The Color Purple . San Francisco Victori...

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...

Billboard fragments of breasts, cropped heads of people, helter-skelter pedestrians, heroic bronze statues and tourist bus riders form a neo-cubist composition where disparate elemen...

Since the late 1960's Mitchell Funk has pioneered powerful bold and graphic images. His work is about the color and the shape Signature: Signed Dated and numbered lower right 3/15, ...

As a progenitor of special effects photography and experimental photography in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mitchell Funk employed a variety of non-digital techniques to achieve ...

Stacked blue rowboats reflect their pastel azure color into the golden brown waters of the Lake in Central Park. This image was taken 54 years ago. This style of wooden rowboat...

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...

Signed dated, numbered lower right recto , 3/15 other sizes available, unframed, printed later Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper The Crysler Building is seen in the step wit...

The three-figure formation in the foreground is echoed in the three-building formation in the background. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Other...

Veteran Photographer Mitchell Funk creates a vibrantly expressive image of Miami Beach's Ocean Drive. The blur color and punchy red sky and bleeding Art Deco Neon signs are the visu...

Typical Brooklyn street with 19th-century buildings captured with late afternoon light. It is noteworthy how beautiful this scene looks without the influence of contemporary iconogra...

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...

Magical moment of people on the beach with a rainbow in the sky. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower righ...

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...

The photographer preserves this fleeting and idyllic marine scene with a simple and graphic composition. This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other size...

Street Art is today's dominant contemporary aesthetic. It abounds every day and in on potentially everything. Colorful chairs and tables are complemented by colorful wall murals in ...

Panoramic seascape lit with raking light turns humans into stick figure shapes with no central point of focus. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed la...