Morning stirrings at Taos Pueblo
Posted on December 27, 2006
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This was as busy a scene as I saw in the Pueblo proper, other than the guided tour. This shop seemed to be a gathering point for people and dogs as the day was getting under way.
Nearby, this painted door on Hlauuma or north house caught my eye, one of many whose bright hue stood out against the tan adobe. The many blue doors seemed to echo the brilliant New Mexico sky, which, this morning, had fast moving high clouds and haze. The light would come and go, full sun to overcast, from the buildings’ many faces in seconds or minutes.
As hard as it was not to move from one beautiful scene to another, patience would often reward the photog: find a spot, compose and just wait until the light changed, and changed again, finally working that little extra magic, creating a shadow or revealing a highlight. Light is the magician, as Eugene Smith used to say…
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IM a member of this tribe and community and to tell you the truth it is a hard life to live on a reservation.