This photograph was done before the dawn of color photography as art. It features multiple exposures made up of three separate images with boldly colored gels and combined on a Repronar 35mm slide duplicator. The most creative feature was burning a hole in the 35mm slide with a match. It's art created by fire. It was exhibited in one of the earliest but little known color photography show at a major museum. "Images en Couleur" at the Brooklyn Museum in 1970. The show was curated by Henri Ghent who was a pioneering black curator. br Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when color wasn't considered art. br His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. br 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 and Life Magazine among br others.