Jemez Springs, New Mexico
sebastian 2009
July 9, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Cross, Cross of the Day, Jemez Springs, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Old Churches, Outdoor Photography, Sebastian | Leave a comment

Chimayo Chapel
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2009
July 8, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Heart Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Mountain Splendor, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santos, Spirituality, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Chimayo Chapel, Christian Crosses, Cross, Cross of the Day, Folk Art, God, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Prayer, Religious Art, Tinwork | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day
St. George on a Horse
Sanctuario, Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2005
July 7, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Heart Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Santos, Spirituality, Story Crosses, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Christian Folk Art, Folk Art, God, kdsebastian, Memorial Cross, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Novena, Prayer, Saints, Saints and Martyrs, Santos, Shrine, St. George, Village Churches | Leave a comment

Our Lady of Miracles
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2010
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mountain Churches, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Adobe Wall, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Karen Rivera, Los Cerrillos, Madonna, Mountain Churches, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Miracles, Our Lady of Sorrows, Religious Art, Religious Mural, Road Trip, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Nambe Cemetery
Nambe Pueblo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
January 2011
I shoot a lot of cemetaries. For heart-rending, technicolor boisterous displays, you just can’t beat a New Mexican cemetary on Easter, Day of the Dead or Christmas. I’ve made it to my favorite, the Nambe Church cemetary in Nambe, every Boxing Day for most of the last 20 years. I follow that up with New Year’s Day in Acoma. It seems to make the perfect emotional double-header.
I found this small, weathered cross tucked away in a far corner surrounded by tumbleweeds and scruffy dead plants. The new flowers shows that this lonely hidden grave hadn’t been forgotten.
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Community, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Nambe, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Shrine, Story Crosses, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Adobe Church, Art, Carved Cross, Carved Wooden Crosses, Cemetery, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Graveyards, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, Karen Rivera, mission church, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Outdoor Photography by Karen Rivera, Photography, Road Trips, southwest, Southwest Crosses, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day

Nambe, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2008
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Free Clipart Crosses, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Ornate Crosses, Our Savior, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Art, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Crucifix, Folk Art, God, Graveyard Crosses, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Nambe, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Spirituality, Village Churches | Leave a comment

Church Tower with Cross, Chimayo
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007
November 18, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Shrine, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Church Tower, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Photography, Road Trip, Sanctuario, Village Churches | Leave a comment

San Franciso Church ~ 1976
Golden, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
Golden, New Mexico, on the Turquoise Trail, is having a bit of a renaissance these days. It’s still a ghost town but the few houses have been restored and the old Mercantile is open in the summer for the tourists. Built in 1830, he San Francisco Church off Highway 14, doesn’t look much different than when I was shooting black and whites in the mid-70’s. Restored in 1960 by Fray Angelico Chavez while he was the padre of St. Joseph’s Church in Los Cerrillos, the graveyard has mostly escaped the vandalism common to New Mexico’s abandoned mining towns.
November 17, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Architectural Crosses, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Iron Crosses, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: 1830's Church, Adobe Church, Black and White Photography, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Fray Angelico Chavez, Ghost Town, Golden, Graveyard Crosses, Karen Rivera, New Mexico Photography, San Francisco Church, South Highway 14, Turquoise Trail, Village Church, Vintage Photographs | Leave a comment