Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography

The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape

Oct 14, 2012

John Carter, a curator and historian with the Nebraska State Historical Society speaks on “Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography,” at 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. A folklorist and photo historian, Carter has studied, lectured and written about photography for three decades. He has consulted on major exhibitions and television documentaries and is a grant reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Carter’s lecture is part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape.

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John Carter

Beehive

Procession

Ranch House

Stations of the Cross

Cloud Terrace and Mountain Lion

Petroglyph Panel

Petroglyph Panel

Roadside shrine

Horno and Buddha

Vigil's Store

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