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The problem with iconic places
I’ve said it before, and I stick with it: the problem with visiting iconic locations is getting a shot that’s not been made a million times before. The clouds are just about the only thing that sets this apart from everything else that looks just like it.
But, still, it was Christmas Eve, and I was in a sacred location and felt the need to document it…
El Santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
Bitter edges of a winter day
Christmas Eve in a cemetery seemed quite bleak anyway. And there was snow and a new storm moving in, both of which added to the feel of the day.
And this plastic, brittle and broken in the cold, and barbed wire? It just got worse.
Los Llanitos Cemetery
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
The Goal
I’ve been through Fort Sumner, New Mexico, hundreds of times. And never once left the main route through town. So last spring, when I was returning home from a photography weekend with a friend, I did it: I drove down a couple of side streets.
I saw this. And stopped to photograph it.
And heard a very loud argument coming from a nearby house. Maybe you’ve heard this kind of argument – where you can’t quite make out the words, but the emotions are quite clear. Anyway, it seemed like maybe leaving right away was in my best interest, as I didn’t really feel like getting caught up in a gunfight* or anything.
But now I’m intrigued by what else might need photographed…
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
photographed 3.25.2018
*After all, I was in the town where Billy the Kid was killed.
The Offering Shoes
Faith: a small tableau.
El Santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018
Faucet and a weed-choked trough
Another one of many things that have seen better days.
Marathon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2018
