SOLD! HANALEI PIER, KAUAI

©Kelly Fitzgerald.  Hanalei Pier, Kauai
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
20" H x 24" W
Limited Edition 1/30

I am happy to announce that a fine art limited edition 1/30 photographic print of Hanalei Pier, Kauai was sold this week to Christina Tonkin Interiors for a private art collector.  It has been an absolute joy working with Christina!

If you are interested in purchasing an original fine art print, please contact Kelly Fitzgerald at info@kellyfitzgeraldphoto.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 was donated to The Outdoor Circle, a Hawaii non-profit conservation organization.

FILM. A METHOD OF EXPRESSION

Shoot what you love and love what you shoot. I love film. I love the smell of it when I pull it out of the plastic canister. I love the feel of it when I grab the leader to thread it into the take-up spool. I love watching the rewind knob turn — confirming that the film is moving correctly through the camera. I love knowing that silver halide crystals are reacting to light and capturing what I saw in the viewfinder. I love loading the film onto a stainless steel reel and sliding the reel into a stainless steel tank. I love the anticipation of the images as the film gets through the fixer bath and can be viewed in the light. I love the negative — which leads to more anticipation of the positive images on silver gelatin fiber base paper. And most of all, I love the look of the images that film provides, the grain structure, the slight imperfections (that all of life has). 

Film is my chosen medium and my method of expression.

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: CENTRAL PARK LAKE, NY

©2005 Kelly Fitzgerald.  Central Park Lake, NY
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
11" H x 14" W
Limited Edition of 25
Includes 4 inch, 4 ply acid-free matting
Price: $900 USD

Here is another Central Park image I recently came across while working on The Archive Project.  The tall buildings of Manhattan appear in the background; a towering, urban mountain range.  This piece is now part of the "New York" series.

I had always dreamed of visiting New York City and walking through Central Park.  In 2005, I was given that opportunity.  My project, "A New Discovery" won The Golden Light Award - Honorable Mention and I attended the gala event, which was held at a gallery in Chelsea.

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 tonal 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 silver gelatin fiber base paper.

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 info@kellyfitzgeraldphoto.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.

To join the Kelly Fitzgerald | Fine Art Photographer facebook community, click here.

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

SOLD! BANK AND SALOON

©Kelly Fitzgerald.  Bank and Saloon
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
11" H x 14" W
Limited Edition 1/10

I am happy to announce that a limited edition 1/10 photographic print of Bank and Saloon was sold yesterday at Photographers Gallery in Los Angeles to a private collector.  Bank and Saloon is part of The Sierra Series.

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 tonal 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 silver gelatin fiber base paper.   

If you are interested in purchasing this original fine art photographic print, or other prints from this body of work, please contact Photographers Gallery or Kelly Fitzgerald at info@kellyfitzgeraldphoto.com or call (760) 670-6616.  A range of print sizes are available.  For more information, please visit the print information page on my website.

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: STEPS, CENTRAL PARK, NY

©2005 Kelly Fitzgerald.  Steps, Central Park, NY
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
14" H x 11" W
Limited Edition of 25
Includes 4 inch, 4 ply acid-free matting
Price: $900 USD

Here is another image I recently came across while working on The Archive Project.  This piece is now part of the "New York" series.

I had always dreamed of visiting New York and walking through Central Park.  Back in 2005, I got that opportunity when my project "A New Discovery" won The Golden Light Award - Honorable Mention.  I attended the gala event, which was held at a gallery in Chelsea.  I had such a wonderful time in New York and I look forward to going back someday.

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 tonal 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 silver gelatin fiber base paper.

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 info@kellyfitzgeraldphoto.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.

To join the Kelly Fitzgerald | Fine Art Photographer facebook community, click here.

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

Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989) American Author

Edward Abbey and his old pick up truck.

"One final paragraph of advice:  Do not burn yourselves out.  Be as I am – a reluctant enthusiast… a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic.  Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.  It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.  While you can.  While it’s still here.  So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space.  Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators.   I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards."  ~ Edward Abbey

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.  May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.  ~ Edward Abbey

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: OLD SUGAR MILL, KAUAI

©Kelly Fitzgerald.  Old Sugar Mill, Kauai
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
30" H x 40" W
Limited Edition of 30
Price: $2,000 USD

I remember once upon a time when Kauai had thousands of acres of sugar cane fields.  I remember seeing the workers harvesting the  fields.  For over a century, sugar cane, or Ko in Hawaiian, was the state's leading economic activity providing Hawaii's major source of employment and tax revenues.  It takes approximately three feet of cane to produce one cube of sugar.  On Kauai alone there were over 70,000 acres dedicated to sugar with up to nine major plantations operating across the island at any given time from the Hanalei River to the Mana Plain.

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 tonal 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 silver gelatin fiber base 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 info@kellyfitzgeraldphoto.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 join the Kelly Fitzgerald | Fine Art Photographer facebook community, click here.

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

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: BACKROAD, LANAI

©Kelly Fitzgerald.  Backroad, Lanai
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
20" H x 24" W
Limited Edition of 30
Includes 4 inch, 4 ply acid-free matting.
Price: $1,400 USD

Lanai is a world of wonder and fantasy, truly one of the most unique places on earth.  The people living in Lanai City are some of the friendliest people you'll meet.  There are no stop lights on Lanai, no shopping malls, no fast food restaurants, and only one gas station on the island. Lanai is truly the old hometown we all remember and dream about.

I absolutely love exploring the island of Lanai.  The island has an area of approximately 141 square miles with 47 miles of coastline.  Lanai is 13 miles wide and 18 miles long.  With only 30 miles of paved road, Lanai scenery is virtually untouched and absolutely incredible!

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 tonal 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 silver gelatin fiber base 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 info@kellyfitzgeraldphoto.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 join the Kelly Fitzgerald | Fine Art Photographer facebook community, click here.

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