FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: WAILUKU RIVER BRIDGE, HILO

©Kelly Fitzgerald.  Wailuku River Bridge, Hilo
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber base Print
20" H x 24" W
Limited Edition of 30
$1,400 Mounted + Matted

The Wailuku River Bridge is a historic rainbow arch bridge.  Completed in 1938, the bridge stretches across the beautiful 28 mile long Wailuku River on the Island of Hawaii.  Wailuku River State Park is located along the lower reach of the river.  One section of the park includes Rainbow Falls, and another section Pe'epe'e Falls.  There is also an area called the Boiling Pots (a series of small falls and pools).  In the Hawaiian language, wai means fresh water and luku means destruction, so it means essentially River of Destruction.  I absolutely loved exploring this area.

A couple of weeks ago, I received a very sweet note from Anne Inman.  She wrote that the Wailuku River area was her playground as a child growing up on the Big Island of Hawaii.  She thanked me for capturing the beautiful memories for her.  I would like to dedicate this fine art photograph of the week blog post to you Anne.  Thank you for your support and cheers to Hilo!

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.