Steve Fitch. 1973. New Mexico.
By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor Blogfinger.net
This image is for sale at the Joseph Bellows Gallery in California. He loves to show vintage black and white photographs.
This Steve Fitch image is described by the gallery as a “Vintage gelatin silver print. 11×14”
The artist calls it “Motel Highway 85. 1973. New Mexico. Truth or Consequences”
Steve Fitch is now 77 years old. He is well known and has won many awards and has had many showings. He has taught at the college level.
I love his style of photographing vernacular subjects such as signs and motels on highways, as above. This image has a beautiful low contrast feel. Great photos don’t have to be brightly lit or sharply focused. I don’t know, but he may have shot this photo with a classic large format camera, a la George Tice.
As some of you know, I do admire subtle photo imagery in black and white, as in the “Blue Bird Court” above.
He and I are from the same era—Here are two of mine:
Tapatia. Asbury Park, NJ. Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net
New York Mail. Movie still. Paul Goldfinger. 2025 Blogfinger.net
To see some of my images, besides viewing Blogfinger.net, go to our home page and click on the photo gallery.
“Mamaleh”. Yaacov Shapiro from his “18 Pearls of Yiddish Songs.” (“Mamaleh” means “little mother”)
I have some signed copies of his books in my collection. Taking a darkroom course with him is superior to learning his methods on-line. It is difficult to teach fine-art darkroom methods. I enjoyed George’s lessons which I could apply with my digital techniques.
Light Room makes software for finalizing digital results. There are experts here at the shore whom one can hire to teach such techniques. Paul
Met her in a goodwill store in Bayville NJ . I asked about her childhood. She told me growing up her father had a darkroom in the house. She said he was from Atlantic Highlands NJ. I met George years ago when I worked at FotoCare in NYC . He was freinds with Norbert the owner.
Wow. George Tice died last year and he sent a compliment to me on Blogfinger last year about one of my BF photos, and it is something I will always treasure. Can you tell me how you met her and what she spoke about? Paul
Small world re : George Tice . Just today I met his daughter .