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back in the old neighborhood
One of the several places I lived in Albuquerque was just a few blocks from this park. The other day, I went back there, sat on a bench and read for a while and made a few photos; there was no real reason in particular except that I had some time to kill before I headed to the airport.
The thing is that the stop at the park got all the nostalgia out of my system and I didn’t even want to go look at the old house.
Hyder Park
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 4.4.2024
passing airport time, #1
It is not even possible for me to be bored at an airport, as long as I’ve got a camera.
I passed time the other day at the Albuquerque airport testing out (or, really, playing with) a Zeiss 21mm lens that my friend David loaned to me. And this is what it saw.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 4.4.2024
sad juxtaposition
The cemetery is not in a location that is peaceful. There’s industrial stuff along two sides, a busy city street on another, and Interstate 25 on the other. The embankments that lead to the interstate are dotted with grave markers. And all the way at the very top – just a few feet away from traffic – is the grave of a child. And a sign for PODS storage units.
San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023
ghosts and a flag
It was Memorial Day weekend, and a number of the graves were marked with flags.
This particular cracked-concrete headstone was also marked with ghostly symbols and illegible writing.
San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023
concrete takes many forms
The reason I even knew to look for this place is that a photographer from South Carolina, that I met in Cuba, told me about it.
The photographic world is really pretty small.
Anyway, it’s not lush. Or shady. Or green. But of course that makes it photographically more interesting (to me) and I spent a while there the other morning.
And, here’s a couple of ways that concrete can be formed into different shapes, each with a very specific use.
San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023
One Day | One Image 