Mitchell Funk
Black Liberation Army Protest in Central Park - Civil Rights - Black Panthers, 1971
Inkjet Archival Print
21 × 14 in / 53.3 × 35.6 cm
$ 1,400.00
A bold Black Liberation Army banner is featured among drummers and hippies in a 1971 Central Park protest. We see a rudimentary Super 8 video camera recording it all in...
A bold Black Liberation Army banner is featured among drummers and hippies in a 1971 Central Park protest. We see a rudimentary Super 8 video camera recording it all in the lower left quadrant. Above, a giant blue moon hovers and is a compositional counterweight to the foreground figures. br This archival color photograph by street photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 3\\u002F15, lower right recto. Other sizes are available and the fine art photograph is unframed and printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper - The Video is showing light. Use the still image as a reference for color. br 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