His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. br Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. br Unlike most street photographers, Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian. br In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" curated by Henri Ghent. 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, Life Magazine among br others.