Gaudy commercial street signs for cigarettes visually align with a mid-century Motel sign to form a formal composition of vertical and horizontals. Pioneering color photographer, Mitchell Funk photographs the scene with the intense light of the desert and sets it against a flawless deep blue sky. The image is as much about making a pictorial abstract statement as it is in capturing the ever-changing Las Vegas street scene. 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.