Women of Taos: Portraits
Lists.
More lists.
In notebooks.
In different notebooks…
On scraps of paper.
A mental note.
Some are there
Some are new.
I see you in the grocery store and ask.
You say yes, it works out.
I ask you,
You forget
Or must work.
I ask you,
You say no,
I move on.
I ask you
And you say how soon?
I want to ask you
and you
And every woman I meet.
Ordinary women
Out of the ordinary women
Women of Taos.
We are complex and simple all at once.
We want to be seen and yet we don’t.
I glimpse your true nature, but only as much as you allow.
I am exhilarated having had this intimate connection,
when I’ve captured a moment in time that expresses
this extraordinary person in her ordinary life.
These portraits were done in conjunction with the Remarkable Women of Taos events for the 2012 season. Desiree Manville and I collaborated to present some of the extraordinary women that make up the backbone of this community. A show was held in late Sept. 2012 at manville photography studio. To see Desiree’s portraits go to manville photography.