Bathed in the warm glow of late afternoon light, the Mid-Town Manhattan skyline glitters in a rich palette of gold and magenta. br In the foreground, the Empire State Building rises like a rocket ship about to launch. To the right, the crown of the Chrysler Building peeks out from surrounding structures. The present work was taken twenty-seven years ago before the rapid expansion of the skyline. This allowed Photographer Mitchell Funk to create an image in which New York's two most famous buildings tête-à-tête with each other in a clean and uninterrupted space. br The work is signed dated and numbered 2\\u002F15 lower right recto, with other sizes available, and it's unframed and printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian 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