In a message dated 2/25/2007 6:42:49 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've photo'ed that chruch too, before there was a restriction on asking permission.
I think yours cries out for conver to black and white - which will emphasize the story there - The last time I was actually at the pueblo was 1994 - I was driving my ex boss at general Electric and her mom around the southwest as a kind of a tour guide. So we had to go... but it was very sad to see. I lived in Taos for almost 3 months in 1956 and didn't go to the pueblo at all then because I thought it was rude to go and gape . 19 years old and idealistic. ann =========== Well, once upon a time, when I was a kid anyway, they closed off the sections that were heavily lived in and you were limited to only more open sections of the pueblo. And before casinos, tourism and selling jewelry and such, was their major source of income. Selling jewelry and stuff -- they still make money on that. But when I was there I talked to sort of a gallery owner, and he said most like working in casinos now and it's hard to get young Indians to take up producing art. (Indian art is protected by state laws, one can't sell "Indian Art" u nless it is actually made by Indians. They had just busted a ring of Indians (eastern-style, i.e. next to Pakistan) that was cranking out art, the previous year.) Still I did see a lot of Indian art there in galleries. High priced. However, I deliberately bought a few things at the pueblo and at the Governor's Gallery in Santa Fe (where they sit on blankets), so they would get the total profit and not have to give a gallery a commission. Also those were the ones that were really doing it full time and more seriously. At least it looked that way. Okay, I think, from reactions this picture would work best in a gallery, but not as a standalone. Marnie aka Doe :-) <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
