The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire of 2022 was the largest and most devastating fire in New Mexico’s history. Climate change that precipitated the drought and heat that sparked the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire was human caused.  The Devastation On a windy day when drought and

Image of the month: September 2020 Ansel Adams, Image of the Coyote, New Mexico Morada Ansel Adams photographed the Coyote, New Mexico Penitente Morada in 1950. At that time the small religious structure was covered in mud plaster. The texture of the wall created an

Image of the Month, August 2020 One of the most fascinating, peaceful and reverent places in New Mexico is the Plaza Del Cerro in the Hispanic village of Chimayo. While many people are familiar with the Santuario in Chimayo, the Plaza del Cerro is unknown

I waited a long time in my car for the rain to stop so that I could make this image. I’m not complaining because I love the rain, and I love how the rain storm affected the sky and left puddles with cloud reflections in

The Penitente are a lay religious brotherhood that developed in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s when priests were called back from New Mexico to Spain.  Many remote communities were left without priests, and a lay brotherhood of local men developed to aid their communities

I have loved New Mexico from the first time I saw her in 1965. The spell she cast was life changing, and in 1975 I moved to New Mexico with my two young sons. I was seduced by the smell of piñon burning in corner