Steve Fitch Color Photography
American, b. 1949
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology, and while teaching photography at the ASUC Studio on the Berkeley campus, I began work on a project photographing the vernacular roadside of the American highway. I received two National Endowments for the Arts Fellowships to aid in the completion of this project, one in 1973 and the second in 1975. Eventually, the photographs were published in the monograph, Diesels and Dinosaurs, in 1976.
After receiving a master's degree in fine arts from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in 1978 I accepted a teaching position at the University of Colorado in Boulder. In 1981, as a member of the "Marks and Measures" project, I began photographing prehistoric Native American pictographs and petroglyph sites in the American West. This project was partly funded by the last National Endowment for the Arts Survey Grant awarded in 1981. My work on the project, along with that of the other four project members, was published in a monograph, Marks in Place: Contemporary Responses to Rock Art, by the University of New Mexico Press in 1988. I received several purchase awards in various exhibitions for photographs made during this period.
Partly as a result of the work I did for Diesels and Dinosaurs, I became interested in the artistic possibilities of neon and learned to fabricate my own neon pieces in 1981. I have made a number of neon installations over the past thirty years, several of which are permanently located in outdoor locations in New Mexico.
In 1990, after teaching at Princeton University for four years in the Visual Arts Program, I returned to New Mexico and began photographing the ongoing abandonment of the high Great Plains receiving the Eliot Porter Fellowship from the New Mexico Council for Photography in 1999 to aid in the completion of this project. In 2003 a book of these photographs entitled Gone: Photographs of Abandonment on the High Plains was published by the University of New Mexico Press and a traveling exhibition of the photographs was organized by the University of New Mexico Art Museum. The entire exhibition of forty photographs was purchased by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Since 1990 I have taught photography at the College of Santa Fe.
Today, my wife and I live off the grid in a passive solar adobe house we constructed ourselves over six summers, beginning in 1984, on rural land in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. We use photovoltaic panels to meet all of our electricity needs and collect water in an extensive rainwater gathering system. Recently, I finished a project photographing in the Llano Estacado region of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. My work on the project, as well as that of five other photographers, was partly funded by a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and will be published in an upcoming monograph by Texas Tech University Press.(Biography provided by photo-eye Gallery)
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Artist: Steve Fitch
Abandoned Truck Stop, Winnemucca, Nevada; June 19, 1984
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Radio Tower on the Llano Estacado near Umbarger, Texas; March 11, 2005
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cherokee, North Carolina; August
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie Drive-In Theater, Dumas, Texas; July, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jaguar with a rattlesnake tail petroglyph, Three Rivers, New Mexico; January 10,
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Highway 66, Grants, New Mexico; March 20, 2002
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
El Kapp Motel, Highway 64, Raton, New Mexico; December 19, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lillian Redman, Blue Swallow Motel, Rt. 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico; July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
AA Motel, Holdrege, Nebraska, May 22, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Radio Tower between Trujillo & Las Vegas, New Mexico, September 9, 2006
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
On the Tucson to Nogales highway, Greyhound Motel, Tucson, Arizona; December 30,
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abandoned Truck Stop, Highway I-80, Winnemucca, Nevada; 1970
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sign on I-40 West of Tucumcari, New Mexico, July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Plainview, Texas; July 7, 2004
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie Drive-in theater, Dumas, Texas, January 9, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Star-Vu Drive-in theater, Longmont, Colorado; July, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Siesta Motel, Highway 66, Moriarty, New Mexico, March 29, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Radio Tower near Sudan, Texas; October 18, 2010
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arrow Motel, Highway 84, Espanola, New Mexico, March 23, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
It'll Do Motel, Highway 66, Grants, New Mexico, January 11, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Highway 90, Van Horn, Texas; March 24, 2006
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ft. Union Drive-In Theater, Las Vegas, New Mexico; July 12, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Oassis Court, Benson, Arizona; December 3, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Highway 66, Chambliss, California, February, 1986
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Utah and Colorado state line, Highway 50; October 16, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
From the Vanishing Vernacular series.
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Las Vegas, Nevada; August
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Deming, New Mexico; March
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Harlowton, Montana; June, 1998
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Albuquerque, New Mexico; January
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tucumcari, New Mexico; September
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Seneca, Kansas; April
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Wakefield, Michigan; May
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
In “American Motel Signs” Steve Fitch crisscrossed the United States documenting the colorful dynamic, advertisements inviting weary traveler to park their car and pack it in for the...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arrow Motel, Highway 85, Espanola, New Mexico, March 23
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971 with a bachelors degree in anthropology, and while teaching photography at the ASUC Studio on the Berkeley camp...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Starlite Motel, Mesa, Arizona, December 28, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971 with a bachelors degree in anthropology, and while teaching photography at the ASUC Studio on the Berkeley camp...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Steve Fitch Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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