KELLY FITZGERALD: FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: BIG PINE SOUTH FORK

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: BIG PINE SOUTH FORK - I, CA

©Kelly Fitzgerald. Big Pine South Fork - I, CA
Archival Pigment Ink Print
20" H x 24" W
Limited Edition of 10
Price: $900 USD

In the summer of 2011, I had the absolute joy of hiking in the Big Pine Creek area for the first time. Big Pine South Fork trail climbs beneath the Palisades Glacier and jagged peaks of the Middle Palisades to reach Brainard and Finger Lakes. The bridge across the South Fork Creek was destroyed by avalanche during the spring of 2011 making this creek difficult to cross. Expect to get your feet wet and use caution with high spring runoff. Trust me, as one of my boots got trapped between two large boulders while crossing this creek and I was up to my neck in cold rushing water. I was wearing a heavy pack with camera gear. Thank goodness for my walking stick as it helped me to navigate out of the creek safely. As you hike further, the trail beyond Willow Lake becomes indistinct with rock cairns marking the way to the upper lakes.

Works from "The Western Landscape" are sold as limited edition fine art photographic prints. Whether you are a first time or seasoned art collector, investor, or dealer, Kelly Fitzgerald and his Representatives give you the opportunity to acquire remarkable artwork that will appreciate over time and give you years of enjoyment.

Professional framing is available for an additional charge.

This work was created by using an old SLR film camera and traditional Black-and-White film. 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 as an archival pigment ink print.