Photograph of an old shack in Taos, New Mexico. The shack is falling apart as it is missing planks of wood.

Photograph of the San Francisco de Asís Mission Church in New Mexico.

Photograph of houses in a valley in New Mexico in the under slope of a hilly area.

Photograph of a dense forest in New Mexico.

Photograph of an old church in New Mexico. The paint on the walls of the church is peeling and the walls are breaking.

Photograph of an archway entrance in New Mexico that reads, "Dios da y dios Quita," which translates to "God gives and God takes away."

Photograph of rock formations in New Mexico. There is a large mountainous rock in the center of the field in the foreground of all the other mountains along the horizon.

Panoramic of a plateau in New Mexico, the area is blocked off by a barbed wire.

Photograph of a northern New Mexican landscape. The photo includes a desert field scattered with various shrubs and short trees. Dark mountain silhouettes appear on the horizon under clouds.

Panoramic of the Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico. The field is open with the exception of a long fence cutting through the plains. There are a few groupings of trees in the foreground of the rolling hills and mountains.

Photograph of St. Jerome (San Geronimo) Catholic Chapel in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.

Photograph of a cross in an open field of Taos Ski Valley, with the mountains nearby in the background of New Mexico.

Photograph of a multi-story pueblo house in Taos, New Mexico taken in December of 1985. The photo shows the house from the front yard and includes various adobe architectural features and two dogs resting at the corners of the front door.

Photograph of the side of the San Francisco de Asís Mission Church as part of the Taos Pueblo. The photo highlights a break in a short adobe wall running the length of the exterior wall of the church. The exterior of the church includes a rounded glass window, log ends, and two bell towers facing the front of the building topped with crosses.

Photograph of the Las Trampas village church San José de Gracia established in 1751. The photo features the interior of the main sanctuary which includes two rows of pews, alter, alter paintings, an exposed wood beam ceiling, and a wooden candle chandelier.

Photograph of a church in northern Taos, New Mexico taken in December of 1985. The photo includes a small dilapidated adobe church behind a wood slat fence. The ground is covered in small patches of snow.

Photograph of a forest with snow covering the trees South of Taos, New Mexico. The photo includes a clearing in front of a wall of tall conifer trees covered in snow with a small path-like gap in the trees.

Photograph of the side of a church building in Taos, New Mexico. The photo includes a white slat gate over a stone pathway with a connecting wooden walkway leading around to the front of the church.

Photograph of a small convenience store in New Mexico. The photo features the front of the one-story building covered with a light layer of snow. The façade of the store includes various soda advertisements, large windows, signs, and strings of dried peppers hanging from the roof line.

Photograph of a rock formation in the mountains of Northern New Mexico. The photo includes a weathered rock formation surrounded by dark shrub-like trees.

Photograph of an old abandoned car on the side of a mountain road in Truchas, New Mexico. The photo includes a drop-off that reveals a valley and a distant mountain covered in trees.

Photograph of the church of San José de Gracia in Las Trampas, New Mexico. The photo includes the 17th-century adobe front gate, door, a tall tower topped with a wooden cross, and a second-story walkway.

Photograph of a field on the edge of a forest in Northern New Mexico. The photo includes a lone-leaning tree on the edge of a curving stream cutting into the sloped ground.

Photograph of an adobe house and surrounding landscape architecture in San Juan, New Mexico. The photo includes multiple geometric stepped terrace walls.