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Where to store crosses
Do you or someone you know struggle with knowing where to store those crosses in the off-season? Have you thought they should be kept inside, away from the weather? Do you worry that leaving them outside might be somehow considered sacrilegious?
We here at One Day | One Image share those concerns, and are happy to report that – apparently – it is perfectly acceptable to store them on the back of the parking lot, leaning against a storage shed.
St. William’s Catholic Church
Denver City, Texas
photographed 9.7.2019
Denver City, Texas
photographed 9.7.2019
This place? Again?
There’s really just one thing of photographic interest in this tiny town – that old church building – and it’s been photographed within an inch of its life. I’ve posted a lot of images of it over the years, making me complicit in the crime of over-shooting.
The last time I was through town, I decided to do something completely unprecedented: I turned off the highway on the other whole side of town* from the church and made some photos. But then, the old place drew me in, and I walked down a dirt road for an unobstructed view. Like every other photographer who’s been here, I just can’t look away.
Taiban, New Mexico
photographed 9.2.2019
*”Other whole side of town” = about two blocks.
His window was always open
If I were the parish priest, I’d keep the window open, too, to get that nice mountain air inside the church. Also, how cool is it to have a stained glass window that opens?
Nambé, New Mexico
photographed 9.1.2019
The only window low enough
My progression toward the “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” church ended here, peering through the only window that was low enough for me to get to. The churchyard is overgrown with weeds and cactus and there’s nothing to indicate it is still an active church.
There’s something carved over there on the far wall, and traditional vigas make up the ceiling structure. But that’s about all I could get.
Other than that fantastic reflection of my camera. And my manicure, of course, because grooming is important.
Hernandez, New Mexico
photographed 9.1.2019
The southwest corner
And here’s a closer view of the church from the “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” photograph. Here’s what I had to say about visiting this place.
Hernandez, New Mexico
photographed 9.1.2019
