En Divina Luz
While it seems like only yesterday — back in 1994, I published my first big book with my long-time publisher the University of New Mexico Press, titled En Divina Luz: The Penitente Moradas of New Mexico. It was one of those books, that through its creation, profoundly changed my life. I came to know a group of men who live for something so much greater than themselves and who devoutly practice, among many things, true acts of kindness so popularized and perhaps even trivialized on bumper stickers today.
En Divina Luz is about the Penitente Brotherhood, a Roman Catholic lay order of pious men devoted to the passion of Jesus Christ. It is also about their moradas — hundreds of modest, utilitarian houses of worship and meeting built by members of the Brotherhood and scattered across the landscape of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. While En Divina Luz translates from Spanish to mean “In Divine Light” the meaning of this organization and their buildings is so much more . . ."
–from my Field Notes Blog
Penitente Morada after the Fire with Devil's Pentagram (taken the day after), Afternoon, Autumn, New Mexico, 1992
Fallen Abandoned Penitente Morada and Approaching Storm, Late Afternoon, Summer, New Mexico, 1993
Cross on Tree Outside Entrance to Vandalized Penitente Morada, Late Afternoon, Spring, New Mexico, 1990
Penitente Morada with Calvario on Hillside, and Afternoon Stormclouds, Early Autumn, New Mexico, 1993
Penitente Morada, Tennis Courts, and Approaching Storm, Early Afternoon, Summer, New Mexico, 1993
Finished Stone Penitente Morada with Round-ended Apse, Last Light, Early Summer, New Mexico, 1993
Clearing Storm Clouds, Penitente Morada, Camposanto, and Calvario, Late Afternoon, New Mexico, 1990
Finished Stone Penitente Chapel with Inset Plaques and Crosses, Late Afternoon, Late Autumn, New Mexico, 1993
