Monochrome Monday; San Francisco De Asis Church

San Francisco de Asis Church in Taos, New Mexico (click to enlarge)
Fujifilm X-T2; 16-55mm f/2.8 lens

In the photographic and art world this church is rather famous as it has been photographed repeatedly over the decades as well as painted by many artists.  The San Francisco de Asis church is located in Taos, New Mexico and I first became aware of it through a photograph Ansel Adams made long ago.  I always felt the church had beautiful lines and is quite striking.  A mental note was made to someday find it and photograph it.

The first time I traveled to Taos hoping to see and photograph the church was in 1997.  My family and I were touring the area after a business conference and I specifically planned to drive through Taos after the conference to locate this church.  Unfortunately, I became seriously ill in Durango, Colorado and as my wife drove through Taos on the way to Albuquerque (for our flight home), I was lying flat on the floor in the back of a minivan doing everything I could to keep anything inside of me from coming out from every orifice!  You kind of get my drift. No need to say more.  That is a story for another time.

The second time my wife and I drove to Taos in 2018 the trip allowed me to spend considerable time photographing this church in the way I wanted to remember it. I didn't want to replicate anyone else's images so I purposely didn't look at any before the trip.  However, there is only so many ways to make images of this building.

The church and surroundings can be a bit difficult to photograph well.  I've included two monochrome images here as one just doesn't provide for an adequate representation of the building and its surroundings.  

I love everything about this church and its surroundings.  To me, a perfect
photographic subject. (click to enlarge)

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Dennis A. Mook  

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