Mitchell Funk
Strangers not Friends. Nob Hill San Francisco, 2015
Inkjet Archival Print
29 × 43 in / 73.7 × 109.2 cm
$ 4,200.00
An uncanny caught moment where two people of the same build and with the same pose appear as if they are going to greet one another as friends. On closer...
An uncanny caught moment where two people of the same build and with the same pose appear as if they are going to greet one another as friends. On closer inspection, their body language says they are strangers in the street. They do not know one another and do not acknowledge one another. This concept is echoed on the fringe of composition where two cars pass each other. The image is stripped down to basic shapes and colors. The two figures are wedged between the simple blue sky and a red road. This emphasizes their similar body shapes in close proximity but complete indifference and hence the point of the photograph. Signed, dated, and numbered 2\\u002F15, lower right recto, unframed - 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