A sacred day, the San Ildefonso Feast Day, unfolding just moments from Los Alamos labs, thereby illustrating the surreality of the Land of Enchantment.

They tore it down to put up a parking lot, 'tis true....the classic Deco icon of the Esquire, down on Oak Lawn, close to Lemmon..

In late autumn a lone rider ambles beneath a cottonwood tree in Georgia O'Keeffe country.

The celestial spotlight hits Wilson Mesa outside Telluride.

Ingram Falls, at the end of Telluride valley, releasing melted snow on the Fourth of July.

My magical brother Lars once shared his bike repair shop with roosting chickens.
This charming old duplex still stands today on the Lundahl property.

Telluride's setting sun hits Ajax as the moon rises and beguiles.

It was Autumn Eye Photo Workshop at Skyline Ranch. With numb fingers we shot before sunrise.

The mighty midway bedazzles with color...

Cowgirls Chase Horses • 1985

The Skyline Ranchhands chasing up some excitement. San Juan mountains.

The simple and heavenly lines of the San Geronimo Chapel, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

The setting sun bathes Mt Ajax, at the end of Telluride valley, with outrageous alpenglow.

In the Aldasoro neighborhood a herd of elk, oblivious to the sprawling Telluride ski area behind them, catch a god beam.

A miner and a neighbor of the Roma, George had his spot, and his response...hunh?

Summer is rainbow season in Telluride

Malcolm "Marcello" Goldie, aka the Phantom, and accomplices release the Sheridan Opera House from bondage.
Definitely the lawless years.

Such an accommodating bar, the Roma, during the lawless years in Telluride...

Ah, the things that have gone done on the Sheridan Bar.

Acoustically perfect and intimate, the historic Sheridan Opera House is the heart of Telluride, and in the hearts of many performers.

Local kids venture up Firecracker Hill, where a dancer flags the hangglider pilots into Town Park.
Telluride Dance Festival

Storm's a -comin' and the town's hunkering down, snug in its ring of mighty San Juans.

Telluride locals from the 70's re-enter the valley, intermingle and agree: we were outlaws.

To behold and to listen is to believe. Telluride Town Park.

I think this connection happened at the Telluride Jazz, back in the days when there was Blues at the Jazz...

When she graces the Bluegrass stage, the crowd regards a goddess.

Hot Rize's Charles Sawtelle, aka "Slade," in Trailblazer mode at Telluride Bluegrass Festival

The late, great Mr. Stewart waves from the victorian window of his Sheridan Hotel room during Telluride Film Festival.
More images of this interchange to come.

His signature hat and fiddle give the Telluride Bluegrass crowd something to stomp about.

An integral part of the Film Fest year after year, Telluride adores the talented and spirited Ken Burns.

Somewhat uncharacteristically clothed,
Madonna dances in East L.A. with young Felix, as her "Open Your Heart" TV video is being filmed.

Robin Williams was watching a woman's lips move...the lovely Leigh Skinner of KOTO Community Radio, Telluride

Peter O'Toole, elegantly smoking at 9600', was honored at the 2002 Telluride Film Festival.

No one else captured Stevie Ray at this small venue in Santa Fe, a year before he died.
For his encore number, he sat, revealing all his signature gear. More Stevie images to come.

Mingling with the Opening Feed crowd, the multi-faceted Macy smiles into the setting sun.

Deserted and rendered deliciously eerie with infrared film

Green grass, cows, water and distant land

They are everywhere, if you've got the radar for 'em...

Suddenly in the midst of dense forest, an edifice, an opening...

Expectantly they race toward the human...

Irish trees appear to have housed the wee people, perhaps for many generations

On a lovely estate, perhaps a goblin's gate..