Laurie Zuckerman visited the Sanctuario de Chimayo in Northern New Mexico, northeast of Santa Fe during Spring Break. They now have regulations against photographing inside the churches, but it is still okay to photography outside in the courtyard below the church. Here are two shots of the wooden crucifix that is so laden with rosaries, petitions, and christmas lights, it is almost unrecognizable as a Christ. The last shot is of one of the cyclone fences surrounding the courtyard. The entire fence is threaded with handmade wooden crosses. The Sanctuario is a world famous shrine. Not to be missed!! It is my personal favorite place in New Mexico.
Love your blog! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteyou have a way of finding the sublime...even in the web of a chain link fence..
ReplyDeleteyou convey the hopes of many.
pure
blind
devotion.
xoxoxo,
rebecca
Hi Laurie!
ReplyDeleteLove your Chimayo pix! well done!
caterina
I was there last year and your photos have brought me right back. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have spent so much time at Chimayo and the surrounding area over the years...so happy that Rebecca led me here.
ReplyDeletemy favorite place too. pics are terrific. biggest fan, kathy
ReplyDeleteLove the photos of the Santuario's
ReplyDeletecross...all the "peticiones" and "milagros" take me back to my grandmothers alter.
Thanks so much,
Love your work,
Cory