New Mexico to Brazil
MY JOURNEY STARTED the day after a southern New Mexico thunderstorm created a massive flash flood. My brother Lucas and I wanted to go swimming. Micki, our mom, took us firmly in hand and stopped us…
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No Way Out
THE APACHE WARS: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History BY PAUL ANDREW HUTTON (Crown, 2016) Reaching the midpoint in The Apache…
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In His Own Skin
Above: Santa Fe artist Frank Buffalo Hyde explores charged issues in bright, playful images. “THAT'S MY REAL NAME, by the way,” Frank Buffalo Hyde announces out of the blue. “A lot of people think I…
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Down to Earth
Above: A luscious steak entrée includes fresh arugula and radishes, along with sculptured potatoes. THE STEAK TASTED OF CAMPFIRE, the salad of dewy garden, the peaches of lazy August afternoons. As we…
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Art for the Sake of Park
Above: Cavates, North Wall of Frijoles Canyon, 2014. IHAD TURNED 77 and figured my days as a national park artist-in-residence were behind me. I’d been lucky enough to earn 11 such postings, enabling…
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Living the Dream
Left: The Big Skylight Cave, in the Big Tubes Area at El Malpais National Monument. Right : White Sands. PHOTO BY KENNAN HARVEY, LAURENCE PARENT WHEN I WAS A KID, my family squeezed every penny. This…
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People Power
Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura is revered in his hometown for Korean War heroics (right) and displays the Medal of Honor that President Eisenhower gave to him in 1953 (left). THERE'S A REASON the…
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Peak and Prairies
Above: Meadows reach up to mountains outside of Las Vegas. PHOTO BY INGA HENDRICKSON IN LAS VEGAS and the adjoining Mora Valley, New Mexico’s vast high plains meet the soaring Sangre de Cristo…
Read MoreStorytellers | August 2016
EDIE DILLMAN Art Director / Associate Publisher Edie Dillman is the visual voice of New Mexico Magazine, stamping a redesign in our January issue this year and setting a high standard for photography…
Read MoreEditor’s Letter | August 2016
IT PAINS ME TO ADMIT that no matter how well we succeed at bringing New Mexico locales alive with vivid language and stunning photography, there is absolutely no substitute for hitting the road and…
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