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Faith can have many layers
The weathered wood, glass-free windows, sunlight on the floor, the distant mesa, all layered up.
Taiban, New Mexico
photographed 5.25.2018
Tire and jet at abandoned church
Me (speaking in general terms about this place, which has been photographed a billion times): It’ll be a big service to the photographic world when that place finally falls down.
Me (approaching Taiban, New Mexico, on a recent trip): We HAVE to stop. I need to take some pictures.
Lesson: I cannot be trusted.
Taiban, New Mexico
photographed 5.25.2018
Jack
The side yard of this church featured Jack O’Neill’s grave, some buckets, and a very short ladder.
(Here’s what the churchyard looked like three years ago.)
San José de Gracia Church
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
Offering
The candles and offering boxes (and the corner of the wood stove) just inside the door of the church set the tone for what turned out to be a well-used and well-loved place.
Nuestro Señora del Sagrado Rosario
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018
Bennie Sandoval, 1944
Parishioners are reminded that the community lost Bennie Sandoval on Guadalcanal in 1944. He was one of 60 county residents to die while serving the country during World War II.
Nuestro Señora del Sagrado Rosario
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018
One Day | One Image 