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The divine (and everything else)
The juxtaposition caught my attention. The old chapel on the one side and all the stuff of regular life on the other – the signs, the garage, the dirt parking lot, the electric meter.
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
(image made during Santa Fe Photographic Workshops class with Sam Abell)
There have been many requests
This place, Chimayó, is considered a sacred and healing location; as many as 300,000 pilgrims each year journey to this remote place seeking the healing properties of the dirt from a small room off the main church.
Outside of the church, there are various shrines like this one, all crowded with crosses, candles, and hopes.
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
(image made during Santa Fe Photographic Workshops class with Sam Abell)
A life, reflected
In the words of Bruce Cockburn, “You’ve never seen everything.”
I’ve been to a lot of cemeteries. But until the day I went to this one, I’d never seen a marker that was a mirror.
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
(image made during Santa Fe Photographic Workshops class with Sam Abell)
May he rest in peace
These grave-site pickets caught my attention, the way their blackened ends poked at the sky. They don’t seem especially comforting to me, but I will assume that Sr. Martinez is resting peacefully.
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
Low Low’s
Sure, most people go to Chimayó for the church, with its mystical powers. But I guess there’s a certain demographic who likes a nice low-rider museum to break up the pilgrimage.
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
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