Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can they be seen someplace on the web? Looking forward to that. Philippe Op 23-dec-07, om 02:39 heeft Ken Carney het volgende geschreven: > Phillipe, > > I don't know the accurate history of the Taos Pueblo. As I recall, > it began > around 1,000 C.E. It is definitely one of the most photographed > things in > New Mexico (Icon #1, as Ansel said, is the St. Francis of Assisi > Church in > Rancho de Taos, N.M., and yes, I have plenty of images from there > also.) > But yes, this would fall into the "poorer places". In the region > from Taos > to Santa Fe, you can find anything from humble pueblos to $20 million > vacation homes. I have a portfolio ongoing from about 1990 of the > Laguna > Pueblo. The people there are poor (in $), but very friendly (in > many of the > pueblos, photography is not allowed), and believe themselves to be > descendants of the Anasazi. I also have a small portfolio of > Anasazi rock > art and dwellings. > > I have been to the Taos Pueblo (and others) at various times of the > year, > but now only go in winter time, when no one else is there but the > locals. > It is only 600 miles or so from where I live. Thanks for looking. > > Ken > > p.s. Almost all of my work in the pueblos is with LF view cameras. > This was > my only venture with a digital camera. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- >> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe >> Orlent >> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:06 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Christmas time, N.M. >> >> I don't know how I have to 'read' this photograph, Ken. Not knowing >> New Mexico is difficult to interpret this as this a poor place or as >> a normal place. >> Are these adobe houses? Wasn't this a kind of 'prodected' native >> American architecture? Do they all look like that in this kind of >> weather (although Santa Fe adobe houses seem nicer to me)? >> >> Anyway, even without knowing this it is an intriguing photograph, >> also due to good composition and the fact the dogs look out of the >> photo: it adds to the mystery. >> It has a funny twist, too: the dog 'bears a pole on his ear'. >> I'm not sure if it needs that. >> >> But love it. >> >> Thanks for showing, >> Philippe >> >> >> Op 23-dec-07, om 01:54 heeft Ken Carney het volgende geschreven: >> >>> At the Taos Pueblo: >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2gvar7 >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >