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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
going up against chaos
I’ve been thinking about the way our eyes and brain work together to parse out a scene that’s got a lot of reflections in it, rendering a version that makes sense. But a camera doesn’t do any of that, and a scene caught by a lens stays chaotic – in a way that I am quite fond of. Especially when it involves fancy silver goblets and pedestrians.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 5.16.2022
the nicest smile I saw all day
“Just TALK to someone. Say you like their smile and then have a chat. Then ask if you can take their picture. It’s not that hard. You can do it.” – oft-repeated advice from my photographer pal Don. I am sure he thought I never heard him say that to me any of the approximately one hundred times he happened to mention it.
Surprise!
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 5.16.2022




