An extreme close-up on the red tail light The Lincoln Continental Mark V, foreshadows concepts in Color Photography that would come decades later. br Mitchell Funk brings the precision and compositional exactitude of still life photography to street photography. In a sense this exterior shot is a still life. It's a big still life. br Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when color wasn't considered art. br His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations. br 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 and Life Magazine among br others.