Late last summer I began photographing “Drive-by Memories,” a series of black and white photos that included memories and perceptions from my past. I went to back the places I lived and loved and tried to collect a fleeting remembrance. I felt I needed to do this project to photographically finish this chapter in my life.
Now I am about to start a new chapter. At the beginning of October 2018, my wife and I will be moving to our new home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Located in the southern tip of Interstate 25, about 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas, Las Cruces is a city of just over 100,000 people. The Organ Mountains are only a few miles from my front door, and White Sands National Monument about an hour away. It’s hot in the summer, mild in the winter and it provides endless opportunities for photography, art and beauty.
My wife was asked by a friend, “why are you moving there?” Her one word answer was “beauty.” And at this stage of our life we think beauty is something to behold, consider and contemplate, especially as the stubborn march of time becomes a determinant for of all life’s pursuits.