Santa Fe

[ross]

I'm making a last second, spur of the moment trip to Santa Fe tomorrow, and was hoping I could get some suggestions on photographic galleries to visit. I plan on seeing the William Clift exhibit, and was also hoping to visit some other galleries that exhibit traditional high quality black and white photography. I haven't much time to do research, so I was hoping for some suggestions. Also, I'm renting a car and hope to make a big loop (like 300 to 600 miles!) on Tuesday to hopefully see some of the more lonely, old areas of New Mexico (think Moonrise, Hernandez in 1942) if any of those types of areas are still to be found. Any suggestions on whether to head North, South, East, or West out of Santa Fe? Traveling light, so I'm just taking a MF Fuji.

Flying home Wednesday morning. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Jeff

[Drew Bedo]

I have been to Hernndez . . .They moved the road ~100 yards further away from the church/graveyard (which is still there). There are houses close to the road.

Rancho de Taos has a great church that AA made some prints of back-in-the-day . . .it IS still there. Las Vegas NM has a neat abandonded train station.

[Jon Shiu]

Take a look at Andrew Smith, Verve, Photo-Eye, Monroe Galleries...

Jon

[Nathan Potter]

Endless array of subjects around there. I'd recommend a road trip from Santa Fe to Taos using the so called "High Road". Look for the churches along the way at Nambe, Truchas, etc. Use Google "High Road to Taos".

I'll second the Andrew Smith gallery.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[h2oman]

I took in the William Clift exhibit a bit over a month ago, but missed this one out of ignorance:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?105105-AA-at-Andrew-Smith-Gallery

Aarrgghhh!

Have a great trip. The Clift exhibit was transformational for me. I can't guarantee the same for you, but you should like it.

[ross]

Thanks for all the info. Looks like a full day of galleries followed by the High Road to Taos. Should be a good couple of days.

[Alan Curtis]

I'm assuming that you are flying into Albuquerque. Instead of using I25 to Santa Fe use I-40 west to Tijeras and SR14 to Madrid, Golden, Los Cerrillos and right into Santa Fe, this is the Turquoise trail. Not as fast as I-25 but, a lot more photographic. Plan on several hours at the William Clift exhibit, it is stunning.

[Alan Curtis]

Ops that's I-40 East.

[Robert Langham]

And please tell us how this all turned out. That's a great place, but hard to see on one pass.

Palmiers at the La Fonda pastry shop. Don't encourage the harpists on the plaza. If you have friends, you can make a date to wave at them on the Santa Fe Plaza cam. The Plaza Cafe is pretty good but the Shed is better. If you like the Clift show you can load up on his cards in the gift shop at 3.00 a card.

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[redrockcoulee]

Rancho de Taos has a great church that AA made some prints of back-in-the-day . . .it IS still there. Las Vegas NM has a neat abandonded train station.

And the resturant across the plaza has great food resonalby priced (at least in 2008) The backroad from Santa Fe to Taos has many photo opportunities

[Kirk Gittings]

Hmm sorry I missed this as I am in AZ at the Petrified Forest right now.

There is an interesting show up right now (that I am in) at the Marion Center for the Photographic Arts at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
http://www.santafeuniversity.edu/News/NewsRoom/MarionCenterFallExhibit2013.aspx

[ross]

Thanks everyone for all the info. In my short two days I managed to hit the Clift Exhibit (and see a few O'keeffes' next door as well), the Andrew Smith Gallery (sensational Ansel Adams collection), the La Fonda pastry shop, the Turquoise Trail, The High Road to Taos, The Enchanted Circle, Arbique (sp?), Las Truchas, Jemez, Chimayo, a dirt road with mud for sixteen miles that hit the corner of the Apache Reservation, Los Ojos (sp?), Los Alamos, and a whole lot more. Also got to talk to a hitchhiking Buddhist who was repositioning on the Continental Divide Trail. When I realized I was passing through Hernandez, I stopped to take a look at the famous cemetery. Hernandez, looks a bit different than it did in Ansel's 1942 photo.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5541/9678097750_f6e942a41b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9678097750/)
Cemetery, Hernandez, New Mexico (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jefferydavidross/9678097750/) by Jeffery D Ross (http://www.flickr.com/people/jefferydavidross/), on Flickr

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