Category: Originals

Mariah Duran Rolls On

By Ashley M. Biggers on Jun. 24, 2020

Above: Mariah Duran performs at the X Games in Oslo, Norway. Photograph by Jeremiah Arias. MARIAH DURAN ENTERED HER FIRST skateboarding competition at age 13, in her hometown of Albuquerque. In 2016…

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John Bush's Life On the Rails

By Elizabeth Miller on May. 09, 2020

Above: John Bush discovered his love of trains growing up in Telluride, Colorado. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. THE WAY JOHN BUSH SEES IT, his life nearly ended when he was 29. He was standing…

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Guiding Wisdom

By Elizabeth Miller on Apr. 02, 2020

GHOST RANCH HAS IT ALL—unbelievably red canyons looming over lavender-and-green hills, 205-million-year-old fossil remnants of an ancient tropical forest, and 9,400 years of human history, including…

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Rockhounds, Snowbirds, and Goats

By Jennifer C. Olson on Mar. 09, 2020

Above: Robert V. Apodaca. Photograph by Jay Hemphill. ROBERT V. APODACA WOULDN'T CALL HIMSELF a rockhound. Yet for nearly 12 years, the self-proclaimed history buff has managed a destination that…

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Hard Core

By Kate Nelson on Feb. 10, 2020

Above: Fernando Ruiz. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. BY 13, FERNANDO RUIZ WAS RUNNING WITH A GANG, carrying guns, and delivering drugs in Phoenix. He spent his 21st birthday in one of former Maricopa…

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Picturing Home

By Kate Nelson on Jan. 14, 2020

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…

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State of Art

By Kate Nelson on Jan. 02, 2020

Above: Paula Tackett. Photograph by John McCauley. PAULA TACKETT REGULARLY STOPS VISITORS inside the Roundhouse, New Mexico’s capitol building, to say, “You’re in the best art gallery in the state.”…

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Daydream Boy

By Maria Manuela on Dec. 18, 2019

Above: Diego Medina. Photograph by Brandon Soder. ORIGINALLY FROM Las Cruces, Diego Medina lives and works in Santa Fe as an educational assistant at the Indian Arts Research Center, where he brings…

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Dance, Dance

By Mya Green on Nov. 14, 2019

Above: Rulan Tangen. Photograph by PauloT. RULAN TANGEN IS the founder, lead choreographer, and creative director of Dancing Earth, a contemporary indigenous dance-theater company. At 15, Tangen…

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First in Flight

By K.D. Leperi on Sep. 17, 2019

Above: Beth Moses. Photograph Courtesy of Virgin Galactic. BETH MOSES CAN'T REMEMBER a time when she wasn’t dreaming of space and being an astronaut. In college, she embarked on studies to become an…

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