Looking down from the roof of his upper east side condo, Mitchell Funk makes the counter argument to snapshot photography. He snaps but at the same time, he carefully composes and designs his images. He has pioneered this style for over 50 years. In Green Umbrella the photographer archives a is a prefect balance of pictorial elements. 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 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