Vistas -- New Mexico is known for it's vistas. It looks to me like if the moon had plants sometimes and at other times like the ground is covered with a big chenile bedspread. This portfolio contains my color photographs of the expanse. photographs of the expanse.
Black and white portfolio contains a collection of black and white images from New Mexico and a range of places.
My ghost town portfolios (black and white and color) are dear to my heart. I am drawn to abandoned places -- they fill my senses and cause me to be hyper aware of the details. Both portfolios contain images from real ghosts towns -- not the ghost towns from the Old
West that have been transformed for the tourists (although those are
fun too). We did not make it to the Turquoise Trail this trip. These
are stumbled upon abandoned towns complete with the sense of eeriness
that makes me proclaim Shegura (however the name is spelled).
Details
(aka Fragments) is one of my favorite categories of photographs. The
ability to freeze the small details is part of the thrill of
photography for me. It can be argued that family photographs shape
what we remember -- do I actually remember my fifth birthday party and the sparkler in my cake or is it
the lovely Instamatic 110 picture? I started taking pictures of
details to remember them because that is the stuff that writers observe
and use. And now I'm hooked because in some ways the details make the
best pictures. Bandalier National Monument is an amazing monument to the ruins of early Pueblo. The photographs
do not do it justice. I focused in on the details and enjoyed the
patterning of the tuff that they built in to and what is left of the
holes where beams were anchored.
Taos Pueblo is not the same as
it was years ago -- I missed the people and getting to interact with
artisans and others who live in the Pueblo. It might have been the
holiday weekend?
Taos street scenes -- I have a special fondness
for Taos. For me it captures my imagination and my idea of the West.
My grandmother had a great love of the West and she used to get so
excited as we drove west and watched the scenery change -- whether that
was in Nebraska, South Dakota or Arizona. I inherited that romance of
the idea of the West from her. And Taos, low though it is now crawling
with tourists, has the history. Looking close enough the spirit is
there.
Santa Fe street scenes -- we went to Santa Fe for a binge on art galleries. But it too is fun to explore.
New Mexico, USA