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Circle Square
If you go to Roswell (and you really should consider a trip!), and you have your camera with you, I’d recommend that you head over to Railroad Avenue. You’ll see what I mean when you get there. But in case you can’t make it right away, you can look at this shot and dream of faraway places where circle and squares meet…
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.10.2013
The shadows reveal all
The low morning sun lit the wall of this metal building, revealing all the irregularities in the panels. At midday it would have had a completely different look to it.
Roswell, New Mexico
photographed 5.10.2014
Varying materials
There’s a lot going on with this place. The one open window, the three boarded-up ones. The bigger openings of different heights. The adobe blocks peeking through the stucco. The new construction on the right side. One big crack. Some smaller ones.
And the chairs. Don’t forget the chairs.
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2013
Window fan
There was a time when I would have found that electric fan in the church window to be a distraction. That time may or may not have been relatively recent. Now, though, I think it is perfectly placed to echo the arched top of the window overhead.
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2014
There have been a few changes
Maybe one of the most iconic photos of all is Ansel Adams’s Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, which was shot from the edge of the road one evening in 1941.
I stood at very nearly the same spot and saw this instead of a moonrise over a simple church and a small graveyard. In fact, from where that famous photo was shot, it’s nearly impossible to see the church and graveyard any more.
I do like the variety of items that were available at this little gas station (now out of business). Pop and cigs AND septic tank service? All in one spot? That’s pretty good selection.
Hernandez, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
