Like most of my images, this work embodies the lost art of composition. Here, all of the elements coalesce to form a harmonious balance. The unexpected element of a ship flying above the water instead of on top of it adds to the surreal aspect of the work. This is a straight shot done on location. br Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy, doll, miniature, plastic thingies and staged photography. He also photographs his own paintings. Most of his work is done on location. He does not use photoshop to strip in images. He doesn’t take photographs he creates photographs and has works dating from 1973. He was widely published in the 1970's and early 1980's. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish and then in Graduate School for Art History with famed critic E.C. Goossen. He went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director for Print and TV, afnd an Art Collector and Gallerist br Signed, dated, numbered and titled lower right recto, printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper We Ship Internationally !