Happy to be able to post this! Meet Valerie Lujan, Miss Native American NMSU (New Mexico State University) 2013-2014. This is another shot from the Taos Fiestas parade on July 21 and a welcome counterpoint to my earlier post about that day. Ms. Lujan is a tribal member of Taos Pueblo and got a great [...]
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I once saw Ed texting from horseback while waiting for a traffic light
What’s a Fiestas parade without Zorro? (That would be Las Fiestas de Santiago y Santa Anna.) This fellow is actually a well-known Taos artist whose work I admire. (His wife is a fabulous artist, too.) I also have great respect for how he’s put his life together here, insofar as I’ve been able to pick [...]
Who could ask for anything more?
The parade is about to start. Behold the angel of mercy bearing hot dogs and iced tea. Six blocks at least in the twinkling of an eye, absolutely brilliant! I’ll post some parade photos soon, but at the moment it’s 2:14 a.m., so… (The sun goes into Leo tomorrow, yay!) »Buy This Photo!«
Pow-wow announcer studying the program or looking at his phone
Someone was watching me, or was I mistaken? I took a couple of steps to the side and turned away to take a picture. Damn! No, there she was, a short, thin 60-ish woman with curly gray hair and a big rain hat, circling around to peer back at me. It wasn’t raining. I stared [...]
Too many photographers! Shooting between heads, sigh.
This is from the 7:30 p.m. Grand Entry at the 2013 Taos Pueblo Pow-wow. My wife says I don’t like to take pictures of people, but that’s not true: it’s just that I’m shy, and the photos have to be candid ones. This means a lot of sneaky pictures with the telephoto lens. Unfortunately, there [...]
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