Monthly Archives: July 2022
even the crosses had a graveyard
One of the things I’ve always liked to photograph when I visit the sacred site of Chimayó are all the offerings left by other visitors. This time, the fence that usually held hundreds of crosses and other mementos wasn’t even there and the other places were penitents left shoes, or prayers rolled into tiny pieces of paper, or all the crucifixes and crosses hung on any available surface stripped clean. I have not been able to find out why the things were gone, but they were and the place felt different, less personal, less emotional. And the faith and sorrow of the previous visitors seemed to have evaporated.
All I could find were some worn crosses leaning on the parking-lot side of the fence, sort of like they’d been banished to a cross-graveyard.
el santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 5.15.2022
tree/line
I fully realize that I am not breaking any photographic ground or anything with this image – it’s what I put in the category of “any reasonable person with a camera could do this shot.” But I like it anyway: it’s a view I don’t get on the plains, the aspens hasn’t leafed out yet, and the clouds were making a good showing of cloud-ness.
Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico
photographed 5.15.2022
terminal
This was not the first time I’d stopped at this abandoned place in Santa Rosa, and I am relatively sure it wasn’t the last time, either. Santa Rosa is one of my favorite places to shoot, as it’s got a nice range of the subjects I like to capture. You know what I mean….
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2022
white on white on white
A coffee shop, located in an old house, has a lovely aesthetic, with nearly everything a nice crisp white. It sets of their delicious, locally-roasted coffee very well.
Monomyth Coffee
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.11.2022
future wine
I know. I know it sounds ridiculous to say that the High Plains of Texas is, in fact, a wine-producing region. But it is true.
I attended an arts event at one of the local wineries and the condensation on the tanks caught my attention…
Llano Estacado Winery
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.11.2022
One Day | One Image 