Northern New Mexico

Lorenzo Candelaria leaps across an acequia on his four-acre farm that has belonged to his family since the late 1600s, April 2015.

The Marigold Parade in Albuquerque’s South Valley is New Mexico’s largest annual Día de Los Muertos celebration, November 2018.

Ben and Benny’s 1972 Buick Riviera Lowrider outside La Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Canada in Española, New Mexico, September 2016.

A family catches a ride back to their vehicle after completing the Pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo in rural northern New Mexico, April 2017.

Patrick with his lowrider bike and his 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo at his home in Chimayo, New Mexico, October 2016.

Beata, an indigenous activist with Tewa Women United, demonstrates how to properly harvest the amaranth seed which is native to New Mexico, September 2017.

The amaranth harvest on cloth before drying, Española, September 2017.

 
 

I’m grateful for growing up in New Mexico; it gave me my eyes, and it has wonderful light there.