19 October

The High Road Back From Taos To Chimayo: New Mexico

by Jon Katz

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The High Road To Chimayo

If you look closely at the cluster of yellow Cottonwoods in the center of the photograph, you will see Chimayo, the small town where Maria and I are staying. I am not yet used to the kind of beauty you see in New Mexico wherever you go, it is awe-inspiring, and the people who live her say they never tire of seeing it.

We took a highway called the High Road which runs from Taos to Chimayo, it took about two hours, and was extraordinarily beautiful every mile of the drive. I don’t have a wide angle lens with me, and don’t generally focus on landscapes beyond Bedlam Farm.

The truth is I don’t really know how to capture a landscape this majestic and beautiful. We were happy to return to Chimayo, Taos felt overwhelming today, watching the mile-long line of cars waiting to come in.

All I can do is take this photo with my 85 mm portrait lens and capture some of what we are seeing. I fully understand why people who need beauty and connection in their lives are drawn here. I feel they are my brothers and sisters struggling to focus on what is truly important in the world, and on what unites us rather than divides us.

Every day, I see the kind of beauty that is almost painful, it is so magnificent.

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