Chicawales, Jesus Maria, Mexico, Taken in 2009

Taken of the Feast of St. James in the village of Jesus Maria near Aguas Callientes, Mexico

Unframed, signed and dated, print size 17" x 22"

HP achival ink jet print on 420 gram baryta paper

Miguel says about his work:

I photographically document Indo-Hispano culture in the Rio Grande corridor and explore Mestizo cultural identity in the Southwest. These people do not fit any traditionally Western categories of culture.

Sample Publications:

• Gandert, Miguel with Enrique R. Lamadrid (2003). Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption, University of New Mexico Press.

• Gandert, Miguel (2000). Nuevo México Profundo: Rituals of an Indo-Hispano Homeland, Museum of New Mexico Press.

• Gandert, Miguel (1996). The Pilgrimage to Chimayo: Contemporary Portrait of a Living Tradition, Editor/Photographer/Researcher, New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities.

• Gandert, Miguel (1996). Upper Rio Grande Hispano Farms Study, Photographer/ Researcher, National Endowment for the Humanities.

• Gandert, Miguel. "VSJ/Scenes from an Urban Chicano Experience," West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University, Exhibition.

Methods: Qualitative-photography and oral history. I like looking at cultures and letting them tell their stories.