Well, it’s so hot in New Mexico that you could fry an egg on the cement, I think. My printer ran out of ink and I had to walk across a parking lot to get new cartridges. Eeeeeyooooww.
Nothing much new from shelby and Benjamin Keith. Their sequel is going through a rewrite in spots.

Here’s some other news.

The Northern Nevada Railway Art Expo has accepted two black-and-white photos that I took of the Santa-Fe Lamy, New Mexico Spur Line for a show running July 17 to August 17 in Carson City, Nevada.

The show is a fund raiser for restoration of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, the short line connecting Carson City with Virginia City. This 16-mile railroad was built in 1868 and literally hauled its weight in gold and silver out of the mines between Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada.

I’ve always gotten a kick out of the fact that Santa Fe Railroad’s main line doesn’t come anywhere near Santa Fe, and a spur connects the city to the main line at Lamy. The railroad offers tourist trips to Lamy from Santa Fe, so I took one, and found several neat shots, two of which are in the show and one of which is here.

I use a blend of two photographic styles - shooting with small cameras to catch a moment, but with a deep appreciation for the printing techniques of Ansel Adams. Gee, just like Shelby McCoy, right? Now you kn ow where she gets it in the DLSIJ book, ‘Snap Me a Future.’

I’ve shown photos in the Four Corners and New Mexico for the past 18 years. Last February, I won an award for Best Two Dimensional Photo in a show entitled Faces of Women, for a black-and-white image of a woman selling soft drinks at a temple in X’ian, China. Faces of Women was put on by the Las Vegas Arts Council in Las Vegas, New Mexico. (Brag Brag)

‘Snap Me a Future,’and ‘A Mouth Full of Shell,’ are published by DLSIJ Press. I’ll publish a youth novel ‘Belle’s Star’ with Artemesia Publishing in 2009. apbooks.net
To find out about Gotsch’s work go to threeriverswomen.com/bookstore.htm conniegotsch.com or dlsijpress.com
      

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by Connie Gotsch
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