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church/yard
Adobe + crosses + clouds + a churchyard: a perfect photography day.
San José de Gracia church
Las Tampas, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2024
The other cross
Sun + shadows + pipe + downspout = one more cross at this ancient church.
San José de Gracia Church
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 3.16.2019
Only by candlelight
The church doors were locked.
But that didn’t stop me from peeking inside a dusty window on the side of the building, where I saw this small chapel that seems to be lit only by those candles in the cross-shaped candelabra.
San José de Gracia Church
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
Side yard/graveyard
The church yard at Las Trampas had a small graveyard in it.
The village of Las Trampas was founded in 1751 and the church was built between 1760 and 1776. The historic marker said, “Parishioners periodically re-mud the adobe walls, which are as much as six feet thick.” I guess eventually those ever-thickening walls will start to encroach on the graves.
San José de Gracia Church
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
One Day | One Image 