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NEW MEXICO REPORTAGE

24 images Created 19 Mar 2011

New Mexico portfolio by Albuquerque New Mexico freelance photographer Steven St. John.

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  • Muertos Altar | Albuquerque, 2005
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  • San Miguel Mission | Socorro, 2014
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  • .Teenagers from Colorado on a bible retreat play baseball in an alfalfa field at Ghost Ranch for a story on artist Georgia O'Keeffe's legacy in New Mexico....
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  • Gathering of Nations, personal work
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  • Cross | Chilili, 2007
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  • Church Band | Socorro, 2014
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  • Last winter the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited health concerns when it threatened to cancel a fundraising event billed as the world's largest matanza (Spanish for slaughter or killing). The annual event, which takes place in rural Valencia County New Mexico, has roots that can be traced all the way back to 500 B.C. Spain and centers around the slaughter and eating of a locally raised animal. In the days before electricity came it was a way for communities throughout the region to ensure everyone had fresh meat during the harsh winter months. Today it endures as a celebratory time for friends and neighbors to reconnect over a day of feast...The public outcry was overwhelming as news of the cancelation hit. As a result, the USDA backed off and the event was rescheduled. In the aftermath, one thing was clear: New Mexicans love their matanzas and will not give them up without a fight. Killing Tradition: Matanzas in New Mexico is an ongoing personal project and visual exploration of the cultural significance of the tradition and its place in contemporary society.The matanza is significant because it's a link that connects current and future generations with their ancestors..
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  • Geriatric Unit | Los Lunas, 2005
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  • Ancestors | Albuquerque, 2006
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  • .After only a light afternoon rain, 13-year-old Julian Corona rides his bike through a flooded section of Flora Vista Dr SW, just east of property belonging to his grandfather Daniel Jojola on Friday, August 12, 2005.
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  • Spirit Protection | Chilili, 2007
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  • Photo by Steven St. John..Albuquerque residents Leanora Prudencio watches with her 6-year-old son Phillip Prudencioon Monday, March 2, 2009 on the southwestern outskirts of Albuquerque, N.M. at the site of a planned residential subdivision. Investigators and forensics experts are searching the crime scene where the remains of at least 13 bodies have been uncovered. The discovery has opened up cases involving missing prostitutes, some of whom vanished as much as 20 years ago.
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  • Community songs | Chilili, 2007
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  • Undocumented family | Santa Fe, 2006
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  • As the luminarias continue to burn, Robert Garcia cruises up and down Highway 337 in Chilili driving his yellow 1957 Chevy truck just after sunset...
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  • .Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Marigold parade in Albuquerque NM 2010.
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  • Steven St. John..Arthur "LowLow" Medina and his wife Joan Medina spill red chile off the top of a pan of beans as they carry them past the custom Cadillac lowrider as the early pilgrims make their way past. The Medina's were selling Frito pie outside their home just north of the Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday, April 6, 2007.
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  • Brian Urlacher's success as an All Pro linebacker who has made it to the Super Bowl provides a charge of pride and enthusiasm for the residents of his struggling hometown of Lovington. Nike paid for this mural, depicting Urlacher in his high school uniform, which covers the side of a vacated building on South Main Street in Lovington.
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