David Policansky

Historic Catholic Churches of Central and Southern New Mexico (Hardcover)

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Produktbeschreibung

A photographic collection of Historic Catholic Churches of Central and Southern New Mexico

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sunstone Press
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 279mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9781632933942
• ISBN-10: 1632933942
• Artikelnr.: 65832035

Autorenporträt

David Policansky was born in Cape Town, South Africa and came to the United States for his higher education. He received a bachelor's degree in biology from Stanford University and masters and PhD degrees in biology from the University of Oregon. He taught biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and did research, and has published more than 35 scientific papers. He later worked as a staff officer and scholar at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC where he directed or contributed to about 60 published reports. After living in Washington for many years, he and his wife spent more and more time in New Mexico, where they now live for half of the year, attracted by its spectacular landscapes and diverse and fascinating history and cultures. David has been interested in churches, especially Catholic churches, for many decades. He began photographing New Mexico's historic adobe, stone, and brick churches in 2005 and has continued to do so, with increasing urgency as it becomes clearer that these churches do not last forever. He is not a historian or a regular church-goer, but photographing New Mexico churches has deepened his appreciation of New Mexico's marvelous cultural and natural landscapes, including the fact that the descendants of these New Spanish/Mexican colonists have been here as long and are just as American as the descendants of the Mayflower pilgrims. When you consider the even longer history of the Native Americans, you begin to understand the complexity and profundity of the factors that have led to the presence of these beautiful buildings all over New Mexico.