Mitchell Funk
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: 30 Rock Observation Deck, 2013
Inkjet Archival Print
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm
$ 8,000.00
An unobstructed view of lower Manhattan from the observation deck of 30 Rock is obstructed by a figure in a solid red hooded jacket. The figure becomes a dominant abstract...
An unobstructed view of lower Manhattan from the observation deck of 30 Rock is obstructed by a figure in a solid red hooded jacket. The figure becomes a dominant abstract shape in the composition. That is the point of the photograph. Mitchell Funk shoots a tourist location unlike any tourist photograph. In the left hand corner, the shining steel Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building emerges from behind the Bauhaus-inspired Walter Gropius Met Life\\u002FPanAm Building. Wherever you look, you see the Chrysler Building. br Signed dated lower right, numbered on lr recto. 3\\u002F15 printed later, unframed. other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper 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, New York Magazine, Fortune, and Life Magazine among others.