photos: N. America

How do my photos differ from Walter De Maria's The Adventures of Mr. Ball?  Are they simply the same person and motorcycle in exotic surroundings before returning home unchanged?  Any relevance to these photos will be in the contextual details--our aging, our grime, my relaxing, character building, trying new things, and discarding obsolete ideas.  I would rather return home worse for wear than unchanged.

Mexico: Palenque, Campeche, Merida, Chetumal

Mexico: Salina Cruz, San Cristobal de las Casas, Comitan

Mexico: Oaxaca

Mexico: Toluca, Taxco, Tehuacan

Mexico City

Mexico: Cuetzalan, Puebla

Mexico: Jalpan de Serra, Xilitla, Huejutla, Papantla

Mexico: San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel de Allende, like Santa Fe, New Mexico, is filled with high-end consumer art, most of which is pure artifice.  The artist is limited only by their imagination and skill.  That sounds ideal until one realizes that those are also limitations: just one person’s imagination and skill are expressed.  Instead, my favorite art in the city is David Luna'a assembled trees and the cantera sidewalk pavers, both of which are unique collaborations between artisans and nature.  Photography can be a similar, but less intimate, collaboration. 

Mexico: Guanajuato

Mexico: Morelia, Santiago de Queretaro, San Luis Potosi

Mexico: Guadalajara

Mexico: Mazatlan, Tepic, Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, Patzcuaro

Mexico: Baja

California

Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee became my new favorite town in the U.S., and potential future retirement spot, on 10 April 2023.  As you will see in these photos, the town has a beautiful location, a critical mass of local artists, nearly every home contributes to the town's historic and colorful character, and it is as yet unspoiled by commercialism, consumerism, or mansions.  Add to that a warm climate, sunny days, and a breeze through the canyon.

Arizona

New Mexico

Texas

Colorado

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. 

-- Pablo Picasso