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i have no place left to hide
Seriously, it’s really kind of hard to take a photo that’s not interesting when your travel/photography day includes Northern New Mexico.
I’m not bragging on my mad photography skills at all: it’s not me, but the place. It’s like Photo Magic™.
Santa Rosa de Lima ruins
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2024
dust to dust
It does seem sort of ludicrous that a building material made of mud and straw can durable enough to last hundreds of years. And it’s also ludicrous that over time it just melts back into the earth it originally came from.
But the best part about all of this is the way these walls, as they gradually melt away, begin to take on the shapes of the surrounding mountains.
Santa Rosa de Lima ruins
Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2024
double cross
When I was in New Mexico earlier in the spring I spent a wonderful day with my photographer friend R. David Marks (if you don’t know his work, you need to) and he took me to this place. It is the ruins of the Santa Rosa de Lima church, an adobe building that was constructed in the 1730s. It was still used as a place of worship until the 1930s.
Earlier this month, I was back in northern New Mexico, this time with my photographer friend Kim Cook (look for her work, too; she’s @kcook64 on Instagram). It was her first visit out west and New Mexico helpfully provided all the things I was hoping it would: dramatic skies, unbelievable scenic vistas, interesting people, and centuries-old ruins. And thanks to David, I knew to return to this place.
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2024
PS: To be clear, the ruins are behind me in this shot. I realize that posting about ruins and then not even showing them is weird and confusing.
eventually it rained
It was monsoon season in northern New Mexico. Every morning started out with perfectly clear skies and by mid-afternoon clouds began to build up for the evening rainfall. After the rain, the air was clear and cool. It was delightful.
And photogenic.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2024
descendeth
Evidently that bird had had enough posing for me while it was atop the cross.
So it flew away.
But I still got a photo because who really needs to do stuff like compose and wait and contemplate and focus and contemplate a little more and then wait a while longer when you can just go on muscle memory and a fast shutter-finger?
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2024
One Day | One Image 