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August 17, 2009
Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe is a visual history of Santa Fe, New Mexico — as it celebrates its 400th anniversary as the oldest capital city in North America. This is a city that one that has actively promoted its image as a leading arts destination and the exhibition tells the visual history of place and of the medium that contributed so much to its public invention.
Steve Fitch, A Fire And Petroglyphs at Dusk Near San Cristobal Ruin, New Mexico, July 28, 1983 Type C Print
Fitch's night photography in the 1980s was part of the N.E.A. photographic survey project, Marks in Place. This project which was initiated in 1982 gave five photographers the opportunity to photograph petroglyphs and cave paintings in the American deserts.
Fitch turned to color and the 8X10 camera to record this ancient graffiti by fire light. Fitch was concerned with showing the context of the artwork, he wanted to show a sense of place. Photographing the petroglyhs by fire light enhanced the sense of timelessness and put them in context, as well as conveying the mystery that surrounds this phenomena.
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