FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: KA'A'AWA VALLEY RD, OAHU

©Kelly Fitzgerald.  Ka'a'awa Valley Rd, Oahu
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
20" H x 24" W
Limited Edition of 30
$1,400 Mounted + Matted

This road leads to Ka'a'awa Valley which is situated in one of Oahu's most historic areas.  The Ka'a'awa Valley is also one of Oahu's most beautiful valleys - still largely untouched by modern development.  In 1850, Dr. Gerrit P. Judd purchased the land today known as the Kualoa Ranch and Ka'a'awa Valley from King Kamehameha III and the property has remained in the family ever since. The owners strive to be role model stewards of the 'aina (land), by preserving and protecting it from development.

The Ka'a'awa Valley has been used for location filming for numerous major motion pictures (Jurassic Park, 50 First Dates, Pearl Harbor) and television productions (Fantasy Island, Lost and Hawaii Five-0).

Professional framing is available for an additional charge.

This work was created by using an old manual SLR film camera and Kodak Professional High-Speed HIE Black-and-White Infrared Negative Film.  Sadly, the film is no longer being manufactured.  The traditional negative is scanned on a drum scanner to create a 300 megabyte digital file which serves as a vehicle for the color balancing, lighting, and darkening that was formerly done in the darkroom.  Once the aesthetic interpretation is realized in the computer and matched with the artist proof print created in the traditional "wet" darkroom, the image is then printed on fully archival paper.  This piece is part of an award-winning series called "A New Discovery".

A fine art photographic print by Kelly Fitzgerald
will beautify your home or enhance your place of business.

If you are interested in purchasing an original fine art print, please contact Kelly Fitzgerald at KelFitzPhoto@gmail.com or call (760) 670-6616.  A range of print sizes are available.  For more information, please visit the print information page on her website.  

A percentage of sales from this print will be donated to a Hawaii non-profit conservation organization. 

Mahalo nui loa. 

To learn more about this award-winning body of work, please click here.

To learn more about Kodak HIE black-and-white infrared film, please click here.