Mitchell Funk
Multiple Exposure Self Portrait Brooklyn Heights, 1971
Inkjet Archival Print
43 × 29 in / 109.2 × 73.7 cm
$ 3,600.00
This work emphasis the differences rather than the similarity to other color photography being done in the period. In fact, it's reactionary with not being concerned with snapshot color photography....
This work emphasis the differences rather than the similarity to other color photography being done in the period. In fact, it's reactionary with not being concerned with snapshot color photography. This is a very early example in color photography of combining multiple images from different times and places on one image. br Done in the pre-digital era, Funk used a Repronar copy machine with tiny 35mm sides. br Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to found subject matter. Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Unlike most street photographers, Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian. 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