The New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year | People

Above: "Azteca Dancer at the Gathering of Nations" by Michael Edminster, this year's first place winner of the people category. “This image was taken at the 2019 Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque…

Piping Hot

Above: Tea.o.graphy's Chocolate Rose Oolong tea. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Imagine one of those cloudy New Mexico days, where the sky hangs so low the mountains seem to be holding it up. It’s…

Recipe: Philippe’s Almond Tuiles

Heavens on Earth

Above: Jewels of the night bedeck the sky above the Florida Mountains, in southwestern New Mexico. Photographs by Wayne Suggs. A QUILT OF STARS REFLECTS on the steaming water of one of three hot…

Picturing Home

Above: Tony O'Brien. Photograph by Brandon Soder. WHILE BARTENDING AT EL NIDO, in Santa Fe, Tony O’Brien got his first photography job, at the Santa Fe New Mexican , and began building a résumé that…

One of Our 50 Is Missing

Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD Mark Gruen lives in Albuquerque, so it seemed pretty reasonable to him that he could watch “our awesome” New Mexico United soccer…

Digging Deep

Above: The Silver City Museum. Photography courtesy of Silver City Museum. As a Norteña, I sometimes feel like other parts of the state elude me, including a place like Silver City, where the whole…

Street Smarts

I have a soft spot for both Vietnamese food and French crepes, but I never thought of them working together as fusion. Even the word is suspect to me. But Tapas Tree Grill, in Silver City, proved me…

Brown Girl Magic

Above: A Culture Club client. Photograph by Maryssa Chavez. This month, Culture Club Salon celebrates its two-year anniversary. Owner Jenny Gonzales opened it in January 2018 with community in mind…

White Shoes

“IT'S JUST LIKE WALKING. Don’t make it weird,” a friend advises as I buckle into snowshoes for a maiden journey. With my first steps, I feel the urge to widen my stance and amble like a newbie cowgirl…