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New Mexico Ruins (Series)
DESCRIPTION
New Mexico calls itself the land of enchantment. Beautiful, yet rugged, the average high elevation of the state, its dry climate and scarcity of water has made human habitation of this region a difficult challenge over the course of history. Evidence of this is in the abundance of ruins scattered about the state covering all periods of human history, and in many instances remains so to this day. From our comfortable advantage of the present, there is beauty and charm, a sense of history and reverence for the struggles of peoples of the past in these remnants of history. May they last as long as the elements will allow to serve as a reminder of what it must have been like way back then.
AUTHOR
I dedicated 24 years to protecting public lands and resources as a law enforcement officer for the Bureau of Land Management. My objective now, as primarily a self-taught photographer, is to assist private, public and governmental organizations and agencies, employed in or charged with preserving and protecting our natural, cultural and historic resources, achieve their respective goals by fostering public awareness through the imagery of my photography and advocate for the continued conservation and protection of these National treasures held in public trust for the benefit of all.
Photography Website: Rangerimages.smugmug.com/Steven W Martin Photography
First Place Black and White Image - Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Freelance Photographer for Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Artist-in-Residence, Fort Union National Monument, November 2015
Show: Fort Union photos accompanied Frahm’s Symphony #1, The Old Abandoned Fort
Published: Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance Calendar, 2016
Show, Land of Enchantment, Visions of Old New Mexico, Liquid Outpost Coffeehouse & Art Space, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2015
Show:In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Public Lands Information Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2014
Published images in New Mexico Magazine and Weatherwise Magazine
Photography Website: Rangerimages.smugmug.com/Steven W Martin Photography
First Place Black and White Image - Center for Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Freelance Photographer for Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Artist-in-Residence, Fort Union National Monument, November 2015
Show: Fort Union photos accompanied Frahm’s Symphony #1, The Old Abandoned Fort
Published: Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance Calendar, 2016
Show, Land of Enchantment, Visions of Old New Mexico, Liquid Outpost Coffeehouse & Art Space, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 2015
Show:In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Public Lands Information Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2014
Published images in New Mexico Magazine and Weatherwise Magazine
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