Mitchell Funk
Magenta Staten Island Ferry, 1970
Chromogenic archival print
40 × 60 1/4 in / 101.6 × 153 cm
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Beginning in the late 1960’s, Mitchell Funk has spanned 5 decades of photo innovation. br He’s a 12 trick pony. br His oeuvre includes: Raw Street Photography, Golden Magical Light,...
Beginning in the late 1960’s, Mitchell Funk has spanned 5 decades of photo innovation. br He’s a 12 trick pony. br His oeuvre includes: Raw Street Photography, Golden Magical Light, Landscapes and Cityscapes, Multiple Color Exposures, Negative Color, Blurs\\u002FSwish Pans of Color, Abstraction, Exacto Knives and Burning Emulsion with Matches, Fantasy\\u002F SciFi Images, and in the case of this work. “Magenta Staten Island Ferry it’s …Color Field Photography. This retinal numbing image of New York Harbor was done 45 years ago. - Unframed. Other size available. This is actually, two photographs. The photo of New York harbor with ferry and cruise Ship is a straight shot with a magenta filter over the lens. Then the image was rewound and the image of the sun was doubled exposed in-camera on to the same 35mm emulsion. Mitchell Funk: He was Color when Color wasn't Cool.