I spent 10 days there in total covering 2 separate visits while in trial in the 
early 2000's and found it to be a really unique enjoyable little city. Great 
food, unique shops, real western aura and wonderful art shops. 


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>From: ann sanfedele <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: PSO: Taos Pueblo
>
>I'd sort of like to see the uncropped version tooactually. And I liked 
>the shot for it's geometry and the point you were making with thenew 
>more modern ladder..
>
>The summer of 1956, when I lived in Taos for two months, I wouldn't go 
>to the Taos Pueblo because I didn't like the idea of people gaping at 
>the Pueblo Indians that lived there, as looking at their community, 
>which was definitely impoverished in 1956... as"quaint"... eventually 
>there were shops and such added and I came over to the realization that 
>it was necessary to preserve the historic site and allow people to keep 
>living there and that vistors were welcome tokeep the Pueblo alive. 
>Richard and I visited in 1985and I went once more after that... probably 
>back to the town of Taos, not the pueblo , about 10 timesover the years. 
>New Mexico has been important to me personally on many levels ..
>
>I ramble... and babble as it is unlikely I could ever return there
>
>ann
>
>
>On 10/31/2016 10:19 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>> Thanks, Stan.
>>
>> There were distractions in the foreground, so I cropped the bottom closely.
>>
>> The newness of the ladder in this image is one of the reasons I took this
>> shot.  It stresses the fact that, unlike Mesa Verde and Puye, Taos Pueblo
>> is still occupied.  We were able to enter some of the units that are used
>> as craft stores, but not the ones that are still residential.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]
>>> wrote:
>>> I think I would rather have more foreground. The stairway (a modern
>>> addition) is quite in-your-face in this composition, the adobe and colors
>>> get lost.
>>> And I would crop the empty space on the right.
>>>
>>> stan
>>>
>>>> On Oct 30, 2016, at 6:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> The Taos Pueblos is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities
>>> in
>>>> the United States, and Thas been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
>>>>
>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18305147&size=md
>>>> Comments are invited.
>>>>
>>>> Dan Matyola
>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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