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death comes

 

I really like to photograph cemeteries and on a recent trip to New Mexico, they were really calling to me. Calling to me photographically, I mean, not in a “why don’t you come join us?” way.

The textures, the symbols, the stories that remain mysterious to me, the cultural and geographical differences all draw me in. And once I’m drawn in, you know for sure I’ll make photos.

Lamy, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2024

telephone jesus

 

Is Jesus always on this telephone pole (and another Jesus on the next pole, too)? Or was it because I was there on Easter weekend?

Obviously I need to go back and verify. Because research is important.

Lamy, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2024

cloud/line

 

Sometimes things just line up the right way. Sometimes that’s just a saying, but also: it can be literal.

Lamy, New Mexico
photographed 3.30.2024

train depot, restroom

If you think it’s weird that I am always watchful for photogenic things in restrooms, maybe this colorful scene from a small train station will change your mind.

Or, maybe it’ll just be further evidence that I am weird.

It could be both of these things, actually, now that I think about it.

Lamy, New Mexico
photographed 5.15.2022

the waiting

The train station in Lamy was busier than maybe I would have expected, with a smattering of people waiting on the 12:58 train from Albuquerque. There was the stationmaster, who told me that the station was “sometimes busy.” There was a woman with a ticket to Chicago and quite a bit of luggage. And there was this guy – and when the train arrived, I saw him helping a very old woman off the train.

Lamy, New Mexico
photographed 5.15.2022