After missing the full effect of Quarai Salinas due to ill-mannered hours, the night would conclude at Motel Safari in Tucumcari, New Mexico, not at all by accident. Motel Safari was a favored stay from 2024's New Mexico trip and I was thrilled to be visiting again. But first, a detour to Cuervo, NM, where the Cuervo Church is rumored to be something worth stopping for. Rumors are accurate. A solitary structure among other solitary structures, each deserving - insisting - t

From the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, the next destination was the Petrified Forest National Park... ..into the Painted Desert. A few shots from the road... ..that led back into New Mexico... What in the Breaking Bad...,? ..where the Quarai unit of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in Mountainair was closed. Quite rude. Fortunately, there were still some good shots in the area... ..as well as some creepiness... ..and a new friend. I can tell he felt the same way.

I’m not interested in volume, spectacle, or excess. I’m not interested in novelty for its own sake, or in making images louder than the moment requires. Photography, for me, is not a persona or a performance. It’s a practice—one that improves slowly, without shortcuts. I’m drawn to restraint: quiet structures, pauses, and what remains unresolved. I care more about intent than output, and more about coherence than volume. I’m interested in images that can stand on their own. I