Seeing New Mexico: Sante Fe

by Tim May

Sante Fe is a feast for the eye and has probably been photographed more than a new born baby. So I have tried to present some images that capture corners of the city which might not be usually photographed. I hope that what I can do with this gallery is create a "feel" of Sante Fe, rather than a reportage of Sante Fe.

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On the Road to the Sante Fe Ski Resort
This picture was taken on the road to the Ski Resort in late October.

Lines
I liked the way that the usually intrusive telephone lines create accents in...

Adobe Sky
Each time I have been to Sante Fe I have be lucky enough to have wonderfully...

Station
This is a shot of some of the details of the Sante Fe Railway Station.

Train Yard
We made a visit to the train yard. This structure caught my eye.

Stencil
A caboose had a face stenciled on it. Here the equipment on the car creates a...

Railroad History
I'm not sure how often trains still come to Sante Fe but the train yard...

Margarita
Sante Fe has many wonderful restaurants. This picture was taken while I was...

Retired Hippy
As I drove by this trailer I had a flashback to the 60's.

Sunbelt
It looks like this trailer has traveled the sunbelt.

Before Happy Hour
This bar is two blocks off the plaza. The morning sun illuminates the...

Making Shade
Many vendors can be found around the plaza. This woman is catching up on the...

Twilight
The evening sky is reflected in this colorful window.

Autumn
Public art is found throughout Sante Fe. These leaves are in the base of a...

Candy Corn
Such a great variety of colorful ears of corn.

Happy Hour
This picture was taken while sitting on one of the stool in the "Before...

Moon
This is the top of a house on a side street near the plaza.

Maverick
I understand that Sante Fe has an ordinance that all buildings have to be in...

Patterns
A visit to museum hill is well worth the trip. This shadowed image comes from...

Delicate
These delicate blossoms can be found throughout New Mexico. I took...

Open to the Sky
A sculpture at Museum Hill.

Power and Glory
Many of my trips to Sante Fe have been to attend photography workshops at the...

Roofline and Sky
Again, the drama of the sky.

Distorted
This is a reflection of the roofline of the dorm at the Workshops campus

Surprised by Snow
One morning we awoke to a snow-covered world.

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article published 3/24/2004

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Thanks so much for your MARVELOUS PHOTOS!! You have really captured so many unusual and fascinating points!!
— Eleanor Robb, November 24, 2005

These are inspiring! Nothing else needs to be said...
— Steffon Hamulak, June 14, 2004

The excellence of the photos is definitely enhanced by the appropriate titles. I especially like the title "Frozen Halo" attached to the statue of the virgin Mary
— Rob Webb, March 26, 2004

excellent pics!!! thanks ciao
— Paolo Motta, March 25, 2004

A Santa Fe that few ever see
These images represent a very personal vision of Santa Fe, and do it quite well. My favorites: "Stencil," for its shocking abstraction; "Autumn," for its tenderness; "Caught," for its scale incongruity; and "Good Night," for it's luminous color -- a perfect moon shot. As always, you see things that others miss, and as such, you have produced a set of images representing a very special Santa Fe that few, beside you, would have ever seen.
— Phil Douglis, March 24, 2004

Marvelous !
Tim, you've given me 37 more reasons why I always look forward to your photographs.
— Bob Fairbanks, March 24, 2004