Robert Witten Fichter (born December 30, 1939) is an American photographer. Beginning in the 1960s, Fichter was at the forefront of experimental photography;[citation needed] combining drawing, hand photoengraving processes and photographic images in his photographic practice. Fichter has had more than forty solo exhibitions, including a major retrospective, Robert Fichter: Photography and Other Questions, in 1982.
Born in Fort Myers, Florida, he attended the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he studied under Jerry Uelsmann, Ken Kerslake and Jack Nicholsen and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1963. He continued his studies under Henry Holmes Smith at Indiana University Bloomington earning a Masters of Fine Arts in 1966.
In 1966, Fichter moved to Rochester, New York and worked as an Assistant Curator of Exhibitions at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography working under Nathan Lyons. In 1969, Nathan Lyons founded Visual Studies Workshop, a non-profit education and media arts center with which Fichter would maintain a lasting association.
Leaving the Eastman House in 1968, Fichter became an Assistant Professor at UCLA, where he taught with Robert Heinecken and Todd Walker. From 1971 – 1975, Fichter held visiting artist and teaching positions at UCLA, the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and at Florida State University. He became an Assistant Professor at Florida State University in 1971, and continued to teach there (also serving for a period as Department Chair), until his retirement as full professor in 2006.
Beginning in the 1960s, Fichter was at the forefront of experimental photography; combining drawing, hand photoengraving processes and photographic images in his photographic practice. Of this process, which he calls Print-Photo-Fusion, Fichter writes:
Fichter has had more than forty solo exhibitions, including a major retrospective, Robert Fichter: Photography and Other Questions, in 1982. Originating at the George Eastman International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York, this exhibition toured the country from 1982-85. He has also participated in hundreds of group exhibitions. Fichter has also published extensively, coordinated numerous photography exhibitions and given lectures across the USA.
Fichter lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife Nancy Smith Fichter. They serve as the Co-Directors of The Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts, at Clayton, GA, a not-for-profit arts group whose mission is to offer a place where gifted creative artists and scholars in various disciplines may find the conditions of quiet solitude and privacy in which to pursue their work.
Currently, Fichter is working with Mark Alexander of Arts Services, to move the Robert Fichter Archive to the University of Maryland Baltimore County, UMBC, where it will become available for research in May 2010.
Robert Witten Fichter (born December 30, 1939) is an American photographer. Beginning in the 1960s, Fichter was prematurely of experimental photography;[citation needed] combining drawing, hand photoengraving processes and photographic images in his photographic practice. Fichter has had more than forty solo exhibitions, including a major retrospective, Robert Fichter: Photography and Other Questions, in 1982.
Table of Contents
- 1 Life and work
- 2 References
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Life and work
Born in Fort Myers, Florida, he attended the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he studied below Jerry Uelsmann, Ken Kerslake and Jack Nicholsen and normal his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1963. He continued his studies below Henry Holmes Smith at Indiana University Bloomington earning a Masters of Fine Arts in 1966.
In 1966, Fichter moved to Rochester, New York and worked as an Assistant Curator of Exhibitions at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography working below Nathan Lyons. In 1969, Nathan Lyons founded Visual Studies Workshop, a non-profit education and media arts middle with which Fichter would maintain a lasting association.
Leaving the Eastman House in 1968, Fichter became an Assistant Professor at UCLA, where he taught afterward Robert Heinecken and Todd Walker. From 1971 – 1975, Fichter held visiting artist and teaching positions at UCLA, the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and at Florida State University. He became an Assistant Professor at Florida State University in 1971, and continued to teach there (also serving for a period as Department Chair), until his retirement as full professor in 2006.
Beginning in the 1960s, Fichter was into the future of experimental photography; combining drawing, hand photoengraving processes and photographic images in his photographic practice. Of this process, which he calls Print-Photo-Fusion, Fichter writes:
Fichter has had on top of forty solo exhibitions, including a major retrospective, Robert Fichter: Photography and Other Questions, in 1982. Originating at the George Eastman International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York, this exhibition toured the country from 1982-85. He has as well as participated in hundreds of outfit exhibitions. Fichter has with published extensively, coordinated numerous photography exhibitions and firm lectures across the USA.
Fichter lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife Nancy Smith Fichter. They assistance as the Co-Directors of The Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts, at Clayton, GA, a not-for-profit arts outfit whose mission is to manage to pay for a place where talented creative artists and scholars in various disciplines may locate the conditions of quiet solitude and privacy in which to pursue their work.
Currently, Fichter is committed with Mark Alexander of Arts Services, to pretend to have the Robert Fichter Archive to the University of Maryland Baltimore County, UMBC, where it will become user-friendly for research in May 2010.
References
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