The Blessing of the Animals Ceremony
Photographer
Ralph Looney
(1924 Lexington, Kentucky - 2000 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1960
Mediumchromogenic transparency
Dimensions3 11/16 × 4 9/16 in. (9.3 × 11.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Estate of Ralph and Clarabelle Looney
Object numberPA2006.021.340
DescriptionFather Luis Jaramillo stands on a small wooden platform on the sidewalk outside the San Felipe de Neri Church and conducts The Blessing of the Animals Ceremony in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The priest smiles as he shakes holy water onto the parishoners and their pets. A young boy walks toward the camera and a woman carrying a basset hound speaks as she walks by the priest on North Plaza Street. A group of people and animals are in line behind her. More people stand on the sidewalk in the background and watch the ceremony.On View
Not on view
