New Mexico Photography | Cross of the Day

Our Lady of Guadalupe ~ Los Cerrillos Madonna

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

Small Abode Wall Church – Easter at Sanctuario

Small Easter Wall Church at Sanctuario
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007

July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter Crosses, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine | Tags: Adobe Church, Carved Cross, Carved Wooden Crosses, Chapel, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter, Easter Cross, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, mission church, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Old Churches, Road Trips, Sanctuario, Shrine, Southwest Crosses | Leave a comment

Nambe Church Cross

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

Sanctuario Church Tower with Cross

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

Savior and Lamb ~ Adobe Mural on the High Road to Taos

Our Savior and Lamb at Roadside Market
Mural on the High Road to Taos
Karen Rivera

November 17, 2010 | Categories: Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers | Tags: Adobe Wall, Adobe Walls, Blue Door, Chimayo, Cross of the Day, Crosses, High Road to Taos, Jesus, Karen Rivera, Ladders, Mural, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Red Chiles, Religious Art, Sanctuario | Leave a comment

San Franciso Church ~ New Mexico Ghost Town Village Church

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

Vintage Sanctuario Photograph ~ Classic Northern New Mexico Adobe Church

Church at Sanctuario, 1950’s
Chimayo, New Mexico
Scanned Vintage Postcard
Karen Rivera

This vintage postcard of Sanctuario left me stunned. I’ve shot hundreds of photographs of the church but I never saw it as a real small Northern New Mexican town chuch like those scattered all over the state until I found this postcard.

November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, Stone Churches | Tags: Adobe Casas, Adobe Churches, Architectural Detail, Art, Artists, Black Iron, Blue Doors, Chimayo, Churches, Georgia okeefe country, Graveyards, Hand Carved, Hand Crafted, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, Sanctuario, Santos, Scenic View, Shrine, St. Francis de Assisi, Stonework, Village Churches, Vintage Photographs, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

San Antonio Church ~ Punta de Agua, New Mexico

Punta de Agua
Highway 55, Southern New Mexico
Karen Rivera

The small villages along Highway 55 have always held a special place in my hard-scrabble New Mexican heart. Using the few resources available in the barren, harsh acres early settlers recycled the ever-present rocks into homes, walls, and churches.

In Punta de Agua, the rough-cut stone San Antonio Church stands as a monument to an earlier example of sustainable and green building.

If you’d like to walk through Punta de Agua at street level, click here to go to Google Maps, then click satellite.

November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Santos, Southern New Mexico, Spirituality, Stone Churches, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Architectural Detail, Blue Doors, Churches, Classic Churches, Classic Mountains, Classics, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Hand Carved, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Manzano, Mission Churches, Mountainair, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Outdoor Photography, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Signs, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, San Antonio, Santos, Scenic View, Stone Churches, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment