ABOUT ME
INTO THE WEST
BECKY DONATUCCI, PHOTOGRAPHER
“WHERE ART MEETS HISTORY”
I currently reside in Santa Fe, NM and I am a member of the Santa Fe Society of Artists which hosts outdoor shows near the historic square in downtown Santa Fe, spring through fall. I also sell my work at fine art festivals throughout Colorado including Denver, Boulder, Aspen, Vail (where I was featured artist 2009), Beaver Creek & Durango. I have also shown my artwork in Kansas City, MO; Jackson Hole, WY; Sedona, AZ and Albuquerque, NM. Please check my current schedule for upcoming shows. My professional services include custom hand painted photographs and photo restoration of your current or historical photos. Contact me at becky@intothewestphotos.com
I remember sneaking away with my mother’s “Brownie” camera when I was very young. Life got busy, and I eventually pursued my photography career when my children left home, by going back to college. Much of my hand colored work is self taught, having studied the masters in the old arts of retouching and hand painting of photographs. I paint by hand onto the original print mainly with watercolors and oils. I love to photograph areas of Colorado and the Southwest where I was born and raised, emphasizing the history of the area. Photographing the ghost towns and the old west brings that moment in time to life. I also love finding old photos, retouching, enlarging and bringing these images to life to enrich the history they portray.
Hand tinting of daguerreotypes was the first effort to create “realism” of color in the early 1840’s. Hand coloring of photographs declined by the 1950’s with wide access to color film. Since 1970, a revival of the process was being used by artist/photographers for the aesthetic value.
Do you have some fun family photos that I can help you bring to life?
"A nation that forgets it's past,
has no future"
Winston Churchill
