Mitchell Funk
Rainy New York City Street Scene in Grays and Monochromatic Color, 2018
Inkjet Archival Print
60 × 40 in / 152.4 × 101.6 cm
$ 5,500.00
A rainy day photograph of a New York City woman with an umbrella is depicted with Precisionist linearity. br Taken from a birds-eye view looking down the New York City...
A rainy day photograph of a New York City woman with an umbrella is depicted with Precisionist linearity. br Taken from a birds-eye view looking down the New York City street looks more like a hard-edge geometric painting but it's not. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2\\u002F15, lower right recto. Other sizes are available and the fine art photograph is unframed and printed later. br Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to found subject matter. Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Unlike most street photographers, Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others