Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Cate Stetson
Object numberPC2021.72.29
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of a figure standing next to a horse and in front of a large flock of churro sheep. The sheep have been recently sheared and a few traverse the sandstone wall in the background. The man wears a broad, white cowboy hat, a long-sleeve, button-up shirt, a leather belt, jeans, and leather boots. His hair is shoulder length and his beard meets with first button of his open-collared shirt.
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Entre dos mundos: fotógrafos de Lee Marmon
30 Julio 2022 – 15 Enero 2023
Bennie Pacheco criaba ovejas cerca de Laguna Village entre Casa Blanca y
Mushroom Rock. Chris Marmon recuerda a Bennie como una persona callada y
agradable y esta es una de las fotografías favoritas de Lee Marmon. La imagen
muestra cómo el pastoreo de ovejas era una forma de vida muy arraigada en
Laguna Village antes y después de la llegada del ferrocarril. La escalada de
las ovejas en la sombra del despeñadero es una representación de cómo la
adaptación fue uno de los aspectos clave de la vida del siglo XX en Laguna
Pueblo.
Exhibition: Between Two Worlds: The Photography of Lee Marmon
on view July 30, 2022 – January 15, 2023
Bennie Pacheco raised sheep near Laguna Village between Casa Blanca and
Mushroom Rock. Chris Marmon remembers Bennie as being a quiet and pleasant
individual and this is one of Lee Marmon’s favorite photographs. The image
depicts how sheepherding is a long-established way of life in Laguna Village
before and after the introduction of the railroad. Sheep climb into the shadow
of the cliff representing how adaptation was one of the key aspects of
twentieth-century life in Laguna Pueblo.
