Super poster, Kirk. It would be great to see more.
Super poster, Kirk. It would be great to see more.
That's a really beautiful image Kirk.
Monty
Awesome image Kirk, congratulatons. Where can we get a signed poster? Are you taking orders?
---Michael
Congrats and praises in order. I work in High Tech photography where nothing is older than 5 minutes and where everything is the latest "trend". I'd trade that in a minute for heritage and conservation photography (sigh !) Oh well.... glad to see you're doing it, Kirk. Good for you and I love the poster.
Yes indeed! It is a beautiful image and the poster is suitable for framing. Congratulations!
FWIW, Interesting question from a duplicate post over at Luminous Landscape about aesthetics and historic preservation in New Mexico.
"Kirk, Splendid stuff. Anyone ever figure out why they put that damn gas meter on the side of the church at Ranches de Taos? I, along with millions of others, have pictures of that church going back to the early sixties. It never ceases to amaze me that they did that. It's hardly what I'd call historic preservation."
FWIW, I used to be a member of a committee for historic preservation with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The Taos church was within our jurisdiction. As the church restoration and maintenance is done by local volunteers with donations, the committee was not likely to intervene unless something unsafe was being done. The locals prioity was always very pragmatic. I felt like I was the sole person concerned with aesthetics (for obvious reasons) and frankly aesthetics were a very low priority for the committee as a whole considering the magnitude of the structural issues etc. A few classic churches collapsed in the 70's and 80's. There were some 800 historic churches in the A of Santa Fe and resources were very low and spread very thin.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Great shot Kirk! Congratulations on the poster.
Congrats Kirk,
Very nice image and well done poster
Beautiful composition, Kirk.
It is too bad I have other obligations Saturday evening or I would drive down to see it and get a signed copy. Maybe I will try to work something in anyway, but I would be looking at about 5 hours round trip.
Congratulations! They have made a superb selection.
al
Kirk
As always, an intense composition. That's what I like about your work.
Brian
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