Day of the Dead DancerCapture Date: Nov 1, 2008 08:21 PM•Views: 72No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Obama Victory Party - Los Angeles, California, USA
Outside, on the boulevard, pedestrians shouted and drivers honked their horns in paroxysms of unrestrained joy. Those who had wanted a different outcome to the day were silent. Capture Date: Nov 3, 2008 10:07 PM•Views: 74
Inside my daughter's apartment, her friends and friends of her friends became quiet, too, as they gathered around the television to watch a momentous event unfold. It was an event they had helped create with their votes, as they watched and listened to and applauded the words of Barack Obama, President-Elect of the United States of America. No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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New Mexican Mythic
There are those places that we come to associate with myth and history, art and artifice, with spirit and power, with intellect and with intuition. Such places seem to abound in Northern New Mexico. Some are obvious: they are at a pueblo, or inside of an old church, and in a sweeping mountain vista. Some of these places, like the photograph above of a gallery and a reflection in the window in downtown Santa Fe, are less obvious, but just as fraught with meaning.
Capture Date: Nov 7, 2008 04:51 PM•Views: 77
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The Chevy at Arroyo Seco
Our group traveled a few miles from Taos one morning, to explore the quaint little New Mexican village of Arroyo Seco. While we waited for breakfast to be served at Abe's cafe, some of us photographed the car across the street, where it sat quietly in an empty dirt lot. Capture Date: Nov 8, 2008 07:46 AM•Views: 75
What was the car doing there? What stories could it have told us, of where had it been, what had it seen? These were questions that would not be answered, and maybe it was best that way; some mysteries need or should not be explained, only savored. Those of us who might survive as long as the car may end up just as rusty, just as colorful, and just as rooted to our final resting place. Perhaps in our perseverance we'll be judged rusty enough and colorful enough to be photographed in our own right. Perhaps that's one of the stories the car was trying to tell us. In a way, the old car was there for us that morning, having long awaited our arrival with the patience of Job. Does it wait for you, too? No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Moonrise at Rancho de Taos
The massive rear buttresses of the St. Francis de Assisi Church have fascinated visitors, including photographers and painters, for almost two centuries. The old church is located just west of the town of Taos. In the late afternoon, the old adobe building glows with color.
Capture Date: Nov 8, 2008 04:36 PM•Views: 75
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When Will We Ever Learn - The Taos Cemetery and the San Geronimo Church
The remains of an old church stand over the cemetery at the Taos Pueblo. The ruins are a reminder of the Taos Rebellion in January, 1847, when Indians and Hispanics rose up against the occupation of New Mexico by the United States. Capture Date: Nov 9, 2008 12:31 PM•Views: 75
The rebels - we might call them insurgents now - killed the New Mexican governor, Charles Bent, as well as several other prominent members of the Anglo community. Soon the U.S. Army marched its soldiers north from Sante Fe. The insurgents met the U.S. forces twice, and twice they were defeated, well south of Taos. After their second defeat, some of the rebels sought refuge in the San Geronimo de Taos church in the Pueblo, and the soldiers marched unopposed through the streets of Taos by February 3rd. They surrounded the pueblo and bombarded the church. About 150 Indians and Hispanics, including many non-combatants, were killed, and later 20 or more leaders of the insurgency were executed. Today, a new church stands inside the Taos Pueblo. The ruins o No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Ghost town Performance by the Cowboys For Christ
On a late Sunday afternoon, our little group of photographers made our way to a once-thriving mining community, Elizabethtown, in the Sangre de Christo Mountains of New Mexico. Now only a few old buildings remain, a couple of them visible from the highway, more as part of a museum on private land. The museum was closed, but gospel music eminated sweetly from the adjacent church. Someone invited us inside, to partake in the enjoyment of the music, cornbread and moose chili. Capture Date: Nov 9, 2008 04:28 PM•Views: 76
The music was a part of a monthly meeting of a local chapter of the nationwide evangelical Cowboys for Christ. Meetings consist of Bible study, a potluck meal, and perhaps the best gospel music this side of Heaven. Their group was smaller by a few then the ten of us, and one of the Cowgirls exclaimed, "This is the most people we've had up here in a long time!" When I asked if the group would mind posing for a photograph on the front porch of the church, they not complied, they threw in a few extra gospel tunes. No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Winter at the Adobe Wall Motel, Taos, New MexicoCapture Date: Nov 10, 2008 07:05 AM•Views: 76No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Old Pink Schoolhouse at Tres Piedras
The beautiful Pink Schoolhouse Gallery can be found, at least until late 2008, in the little community of Tres Piedras, some miles from the quintessential southwestern town of Taos, New Mexico. The owner, Ken Nelson, is threatening to close down the gallery - which once was a schoolhouse - and start a new chapter of his life somewhere beyond the horizon. Capture Date: Nov 10, 2008 10:38 AM•Views: 77
Although Tres Piedras (Spanish for "Three Rocks) was mapped on our itinerary, a planned stop was not. Serendipity, though, was our wise traveling companion who bade us explore the colorful old building that stands by itself, just off the highway. This was one of the first photographs I made under stormy skies before Mr. Nelson invited us inside, which was as interesting to see as was the exterior of the gallery. No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Ken Nelson Via an Imitation Holga
Ken is the owner of the Pink Schoolhouse Gallery in Tres Piedras, New Mexico. It's more than worth a visit to the gallery, and although he seems gruff, it's worth it to make Ken's acquaintance, too. Capture Date: Nov 10, 2008 10:50 AM•Views: 78
Just for fun, I decided to employ software which can emulate film, in this case Kodak ISO 32 Panatomic X. The software can also make it seem the photographer used the junky Holga, primarily with it's ability to add a mild vignetting effect; I added some edge blur via the iPhoto program. Perhaps I should purchase a Holga and some film. And then I could set up a darkroom in the bathroom, as I did a few decades ago, and purchase an enlarger, a print flattener, safelight, developing tank, thermometer, trays, chemicals, etc., and install a vent to carry away the fumes and add shelves and extra counter space and....then again, no. I think I'll stick with my digital cameras and when I want the look of film, accomplish it with software. ---------------------------------------- No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Roadside Portrait, Somewhere in Northern New Mexico
We had pulled into a little gas station/market that was a back road on a back road, as we headed from Hernandez to Taos, New Mexico. The two people here were standing in front of the store, enjoying an idle conversation. Suffice it to say that over the years, I've found it easier to meet people and ask them if I can make their portrait. Sometimes they say yes, as was the case here, and sometimes everyone enjoys the process, as was the case here, too.
Capture Date: Nov 10, 2008 04:53 PM•Views: 76
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