Mark Goebel

I have photographed 44 years; 37 years film, the rest digital. When I moved to New Mexico (from North Dakota) in 2010, I got my first digital camera and started doing landscapes and churches. I convert many of them to Black and White, using a technique called chromatic grayscale conversion.

I enjoy the quest of locating, finding the landscapes and churches and capturing not only an image, but the spirit, the unique personality, the phenomena that sometimes occurs.

For the landscapes, the phenomenon may  include the varying climate, light, luminance, composition. For me, this is the idea of ‘natural phenomena’.

For the churches, the phenomenon may include the creativity of the artisans who constructed them; the indigenous materials; the unique personality. For me, this is the idea of ‘elemental phenomena’.

Often I wait for the full moon to illuminate the scene; to reveal a bit of its secrets, its texture, colors, emotions, that emerge only at night.

Self taught in Photography

- 1992 Exhibit of 12 Cuidad Juarez Black and Whites images at the Centennial Museum, El Paso, TX\
- August 17, 2013; “Business in the Barrio”, 18 black and white framed photographs of Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, in the Geraint Smith Gallery; Taos, NM
- July 31. 2015 - “Sunflowers Polvadera, New Mexico”, (20”x30” framed print), selected for public display by New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places
- October 19. 2015 - “Penitente Morada, Abiquiu, New Mexico, illuminated by a full moon”, (20”x30” framed print), selected for public display by New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places
- January 27 - March 31, 2017, Taos Arts Council’s “Taos Artists in Public Spaces” at Taos, NM, Town Hall (5’x7.5’ and 5’x14.5’ murals suspended from ceiling).
= September 14, 2017 - January 15, 2018, Taos Center for the Arts premiere artist selection for exhibit in Historic Taos Inn. Exhibit Title: “New Mexico Churches - An Elemental Phenomenon”; 43 framed pieces.
- March 6, 2019 - “Salinas Pipeline”, (4’ x 8’ print on Dibond aluminum composite), selected for public display, at the New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, by New Mexico Arts n Public Places.
- August 19, 2019 - Selection of “Penitente Morada, Abiquiu, New Mexico, illuminated by a full moon”...