In this stunning collection, the photographer/author has fulfilled a long-term mission to photograph the captivating and evocative Historic Catholic Churches of the state of New Mexico.
Each is unique and each one claims the Land of Enchantment as home..
The Churches reflect the diversity of New Mexico\'s communities and history.
They include Churches from near the Mexican border in the south to Taos County in the north, covering not only a geographic span but a time span from the early 1700s to the 20th century.
The Churches include famous and imposing ones like Holy Cross in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, with its glorious artwork, and more-modest ones off the beaten track like San Antonio Mission Church in Alamillo.
This volume covers the Churches Along the Rio Grande, a transportation and trade corridor for millennia and home to many of New Mexico\'s oldest Catholic churches.
The photographs and descriptions also reflect an urgency: many small, rural, Historic Churches in New Mexico lack funds for maintenance as rural populations decline, and some of them are at risk of disappearing forever.
His descriptions of the Churches reflect that complex beauty and provide enough information for the reader to find each of them.
He has driven these roads, photographing these Churches that reflect New Mexico\'s complex history and beautiful landscapes, and talked to many people who attend, maintain, and love them.
The mission became a journey that covered the highways, back roads, and SUV trails of the state, from north to south, east to west.
In this stunning collection, the photographer/author has fulfilled a long-term mission to photograph the captivating and evocative Historic Catholic Churches of the state of New Mexico
