Second in the series of abstracts from our visit to Tumacacori Mission.
Memories of Tumacacori 2
Memories of Tumacacori
Above is part of my venture into abstract photography- multiple exposures and often layering the resulting images in Photoshop to create an impression of place, feeling or memory. The Tumacacori Mission in southern Arizona is one of my favorite places we have visited since living here. The old buildings, the history of the O’odham people who still live in the area, the cemetery with its rocks and simple crosses all make a strong impact on visitors. It is my fourth grade history lessons brought to life! Beyond that is the deeper understanding of colonialism and its impact everywhere.
I took many photos while there- despite the incredible HEAT- and have created a small series of abstracts which I will continue posting here.
Mission San Xavier
Nine miles south of Tucson, on the Tohono O’odham reservation sits the beautiful Mission San Xavier del Bac, an incredible structure constructed in 1797, with the mission itself dating back to 1692. It is undergoing repair and reconstruction, as you can see from the photos.
I had to wait patiently for tourists to move so that I could have a clear view of the building. It amused me how people would walk toward me and my tripod, looking straight at me and then turn, still standing in front of me, and take cell phone photos. I started thinking about how to clone them out in post processing. Finally, I took some shots with only a few people in the photo, and we went inside to tour the building.
When we came out, Lonnie noticed that the front of the building was clear, so I raced back to the car to get my tripod and set up again.
I like the photo below too, because of the foursome walking toward the mission.
The image below has the completed tower in the foreground, the incomplete behind. Edited with Topaz Simplify and Flypaper textures.
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