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photojournal 2024

24.10

A cryptic facade with ornate, heavy steel double doors flanked by modern reflective lamps and heavy steel columns, and an awning which is also heavy steel and held in place by tension from cables attached from the awning at a 45-degree angle to the wall above it. A yellow and grey glyph (undecipherable in part due to the lighting) is embedded in the wall to the right of the gates, which wall is fake adobe. A road barrier for preventing unauthorized entry into a parking lot, lit up with red LEDs in the twilight and stuck in the vertical, open, position. The parking lot itself is mostly empty and two healthy deciduous trees flank the entrance to the parking lot. Santa Fe river surrounded by brilliant orange foliage, one of its tiny waterfalls visible in the midst of it all, reflective sheen of the falling water over the brown sluice substrate. View across the downtown train platform in Albuquerque, with multiple tracks and platforms in the foreground along with a security camera on the corner of a weather-protected seating area. Brutalist architecture lies beyond, blocky and featureless except the grid of windows, with a hint of sunset in the low-hanging clouds to the left of the buildings. View atop Calle Mejia across Santa Fe after a night of rain. The moisture is palpable in the mist as well as the sheen on the surface of the road, and the sun peeks out of the dispersing rain clouds above the green mountains. Surreal vision of a restauraunt Behind the DJ table, bathed completely in purple light. The DJ Shot of a DJ controller Iris taking a selfie in the full-length mirror in the large unisex bathroom of the lower level of Nuckolls Brewery. She is wearing her dark hair in twintails, her black coat with 3/4 sleeves, black shorts, white stockings which catch the light beautifully and accentuate the curves of her legs, and black midtop boots. She holds the phone next to her head in a fingerlessly-gloved hand, her other hand similarly clad, hanging at her side with kandi bracelets on the wrist. The floor is brick, and the mirror is framed in heavy ornate wood against the off-white wall. Visible in the reflection flanking Iris are the rows of frosted glass doors to the stalls on one side and the rows of sinks embedded in the counter on the other side. Santa Fe from on high at night, a thin strip of bright yellow lights in the darkness, the slight purple of the mountains rising behind it. Arrays of typical upscale Santa Fe houses embedded in the pine and Juniper forest of northern Santa Fe, creating a terraced network of beige blocks in the bursting green of the trees. A duller green of the mountains rises sinusoidally along the right edge of the horizon, and the sky is clear blue.

24.09

Psuedo-abstract vision of people in fetal position, salt white blobs of humanshape against a dark background, which suggests being caught in an atomic blast, volcanic eruption, or vicious flood. Iris at a freestanding wood-topped DJ table, leaning against it operating the keyboard, with a smirk on her face as she selects a track, her crossed legs visible beneath the table. She is wearing a black shirt, black shorts, black thighhigh socks, and black leather midtop boot, and her dark hair hangs unbound around her face. Below the table is also a PA system Brilliant orange sunset with pink clouds above, flanked on the left by faintly purple mountains and below by the rolling chapharelle hills of Cerillos A mirror shows an impressonist desert or prairie landscape, framed above bypipes and a row of LED lights, below by beer glasses and beer taps which are made of railroad spikes

24.08

A bare light bulb and a free-hanging root-bound spider plant hang from spartain chains in a cafe, with a large skylight near their mountpoints pouring extra light on them View from De Vargas Skatepark toward the river, with the verdant trees visible beyond the park Massive radio antenna framed by coniferous trees against a dynamic sky threatening a downpour

24.07

POV selfie of Iris looking down at themself - they are wearing a long black coat over a white graphic tee, black short mesh skirt, grey socks, and black shoes. Their thighs are creamy in the midday light against their dark clothes. Sunflowers outside La Montanita Co-op in Santa Fe; Behind them you can see the parking lot and the mountains Sign for Chikin Drip, which seems like a parody of fast food; a cartoon bug-eyed chicken head holds its mouth open, breathing fire, next to the words Chikin Drip on an industrial-finish kind of modern fast food building Shot of the hill alongside the Bunny Trail in Carmel; yellow monkey flower along with other native plants crowd the hillside, with some large granite boulders sticking out toward the top; a mature cypress tree peeks out from behind the hill; the sky is featureless overcast Close up of the fire pit at Indian Summer; it has got granite as well as shards of clear and blue glass covering the basin and obscuring the gas valves the flames are emerigng from. Huge light pole in the Monterey Skate Park which lights the baseball field adjacent, from the base looking up; It is covered in graffiti and stickers Verdant stream at the bottom of Robinson Canyon, with towering tres and ferns abound. Huge dead tree with its broken limbs hanging like spider legs Elaborate painting of a spotted salamander on an abandoned building; my friends are visible walking around the corner to see inside the building. Sunset across the monterey bay from Seaside, looking towards Monterey/Carmel. Fog hangs over the carmel hills and bleeds into the bay. View across Santa Fe to the east showing dark clouds hanging ominously above the mountains.

24.06

Colorful stage/AV setup for Sol Sunday with flowers, reflective mesh fabric, multicolored umbrella, etc, with the railyard district in the background. Clouds casting shadows on the mountains northeast of Santa Fe. Verdant tiny waterfall in the back trail of Big Tesuque AV and networking cabling coming off the wall near the kegs and following a steel girder to the opposite wall in Nuckolls Brewery

24.05

Lighting for the DeVargas park enabled at sunset, against a healthy deciduous tree.

24.04

Cheeky Captain America sticker telling people to do their patriotic duty and punch fascists. It is stuck to a City of Santa Fe bike rack. Blue iris that was in bloom outside my apartment building View across Sand Beach from Great Head, on Mount Dessert Island: rocky vantage point through pines across the rough water and the mixed rock/sand shore

24.03

Stark sandstone cliff against a beautiful blue and white mottled sky Betterday Records sign amidst the apricot tree at night Left half of the backside of a white late-2000s Toyota camry, with various stickers. The most prominent reads: some of you have never heard about psyops and it shows. Others show support for Palestine; the science is not settled, it Two stickers on a wide metal lamppost. The one on top reads "the illegal aliens". The one below reads "respect my trans homies or im gonna identify as a fuckin problem" Very strange computer fan mounted to a very strange partially open-faced medical computing kiosk assembly

24.02

T-shaped lamppost at De Vargas Skatepark reminiscient of a cross, with various offerings attached: a skateboard deck, some spent shoes, and a host of skate stickers View across De Vargas Skatepark and the green space adjacent, with the cathedral visible across the street amist the barren trees Calm river behind Upaya Zen Center, completely thawed in mid-February, with barren trees and shrubs surrounding it Two young lovers of juniper trees on a slope, one growing straight up from the bottom of the slope, the other growing sideways from the top, and they meet and intertwine Snow-covered peaks east of Santa Fe against a cloudless blue sky, with the typical evergreen scrubland in the foreground

24.01

A wordless no smoking sign installed upside down on a stucco column Shiny brown frog with a sort of wrinkly-old-man-face sitting atop an artificial stone perch, a spider plant visible creeping into the frame from the left Santa Fe skyline from the north looking southeast at twilight; treeline is in the foreground, the city with its lights in midground, and the background showing brilliant indigo shades of the mountains fading into the low clouds at sunset, with the sky above the mountains and lowest clouds fading from golden into light grey; a smattering of indigo clouds streak across the sky in the upper half of the image Snow-covered path with myriad depressions from footprints which make it look like sand almost, flanked by sagebrush and naked trees on both sides, with a cloudless blue sky opening above Neon cursive lettering of "Pizza etc." on a classic white tile wall, with some framed awards and stuff adorning the wall below it

photojournal 2023

23.12

Cover of Buddhadharma magazine, a Zen master with teapot head leaning forward, about to pour the dharma tea into a studen The back of a sign on a shopping cart repository at the Co Op: a smattering of liberal cultural references from bike clubs and pot shops to antifascism and feminism A kid Treeline between the arroyo and the highway in the dead of night Laser lights reflecting off some coniferous trees at the River of Lights in ABQ The Christmas Train (Sky Railway) curving ahead on the tracks, shot from the flatbed car toward the back of the train The mountains east of Santa Fe as fall turns to winter Juniper berries on a prolific tree, reaching up to the sky

23.11

Diagonal tree trunk forming a natural gate through a snow-dusted footpath A raven atop a lamp post, in silhouette against a cloudy grey sky

23.10

Shipping container at the edge of the sump at the bottom of the Sweetwater Harvest parking lot Red and yellow fall leaves on the trees in the Sweetwater Harvest parking lot 3 horses looking at us from across the road near El Malpais Radio tower atop a mountain near El Malpais The valley looking south from the Peurco Pueblo Ruins Looking north from Puerco Pueblo Ruins, past an ancient building foundation, over the fields, toward a huge freight train in the distance Painted desert at the north end of Petrified Forest Natl Park Badlands near Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest Natl Park; they are remnants of an ancient river system Red smokey quartz in a chunk of petrified wood Cleanly cut surface of a petrified log with bright white quartz inside; some red and yellow is visible dotting the quartz Large log of petrified wood with gold and silver colored bark Petrified log cut into slices which are falling down a sandy hill Sandy moor in the Petrified Forest Natl Park with chunks of petrified wood poking out of the sands Chunks of petrified log on the edge of a grassy knoll A ring of petrified wood Z looking out the window of a hotel room in Gallup at a freight train View of Gallup looking out the window at the end of the 3rd floor cooridor in a hotel; beyond the parking lot is a wonderful rocky hill characteristic of the region Annular eclipse on October 14th Verdant, shady arroyo down the street from our apartment

23.09

Lots of blue juniper berries on a verdant juniper bush Greenthread flowers blooming by the sidewalk where somebody has written SO PRETTY in chalk A little prickly pear cactus at the bird sanctuary in Santa Fe Peeking into the Opuntia Cafe from street level, the Exit sign is visible through the glossy window Purple accent lighting of Violet Crown Green chiles at Big Jim Farms in ABQ

23.08

Small stream of water coming out of a rock face at Nambe Falls Riverside path between the trees and rocks at Nambe Falls Violet Crown facade in rusty steel with a green tree in front Big gazebo of the Santa Fe farmers market against the blue sky Big coniferous trees against a big blue sky Pet rock on a laminate floor, with many eyes and an orange feather glued to it A couple homegrown chiles in the front yard Windgarden at the Farmhouse Cafe in Taos

23.06

Great blue herons hanging out in the marsh at the edge of Eagle Nest Lake Eagle Nest Lake visible between the green hills in front and the purple mountains in back; dynamic clouds speak of rain Orange flower in the grass Rolling green fields in front of the mountains at Eagle Nest Lake White stones forming a ring amid smaller red pumice

23.05

Bright green leaves in front of a red wall, branches converging to the rock garden below Blue-green moss on a wonderfully textured rock

23.04

Aspen trees opening to a big sky Footbridge across the river with carved zigzag patterns Oldschool tractor resting in a dirt driveway Young spring buds against a wispy blue sky

23.03

Gnarled juniper tree with bright green needles, dusted with snow, growing on the edge of a bright red dirt path Sage brush and falling snow against a static-white sky Partner and kid on a walk in the sunset as I come from down the road to meet them.

23.02

Baby agaves in the tall grass Winter scrublands in southern Santa Fe. Junipers and a bit of snow across the tall grass. Beautiful lizard posing in front of a jade plant.

23.01

Sagebrush in the snow on Sawmill Rd. Growing through the fence with mountains in the background Grand rock face in the sun beyond winter tree branches at Grasshopper Canyon Ice fractals on the stream at Grasshopper Canyon

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