Steve Gleydura

2 months ago | l8r.it | Steve Gleydura

“IT’S ALMOST LIKE a meditation,” says Ranger Corey Lycopolus, as members of our group pause to compose photos with their Polaroid instant cameras. We’ve hiked about a half mile from the Valles Caldera National Preserve’s ranger station to a stand of ponderosa pines. Sunlight streams through the branches, which frame Redondo Peak in the distance of the 14-mile-wide volcanic crater.

Feb 26, 2025 | l8r.it | Steve Gleydura

“WHAT ARE THOSE?” a woman from California asks as our six-person tour group moves from La Fonda on the Plaza’s lobby into an alcove near the registration desk. She motions toward a display of more than a dozen antique copper pots and pans hanging over a carved sideboard in the small seating area. “Those are from the Fred Harvey Company,” says docent Mary Benziger, referring to the hospitality empire that operated the Santa Fe hotel beginning in 1925.

Feb 26, 2025 | newmexicomagazine.org | Steve Gleydura

“WHAT ARE THOSE?” a woman from California asks as our six-person tour group moves from La Fonda on the Plaza’s lobby into an alcove near the registration desk. She motions toward a display of more than a dozen antique copper pots and pans hanging over a carved sideboard in the small seating area. “Those are from the Fred Harvey Company,” says docent Mary Benziger, referring to the hospitality empire that operated the Santa Fe hotel beginning in 1925.

Jan 2, 2025 | newmexicomagazine.org | Candolin Cook |Steve Gleydura

1 Explore nature on film. Los Alamos Nature Center presents National Parks Adventure, an immersive IMAX film narrated by Academy Award–winner Robert Redford, on Saturday at 2 p.m. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the national parks, the film follows world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker, adventure photographer Max Lowe, and artist Rachel Pohl as they hike, climb, and explore America’s majestic parks. 2 Get folky.

Dec 30, 2024 | newmexicomagazine.org | Steve Gleydura

ANDY JONES LOVES NEW MEXICO. He appreciates the variety of the landscapes, finds beauty in the sunsets and dark skies, and enjoys exploring the outdoors. And yet. When the St. Louis transplant hears other photographer friends gush, “Our state is so beautiful,” Jones feels a twinge of something—not doubt, really, but that sense of knowing that getting a great photo is much more difficult than it seems. “I aspire to paint New Mexico in a positive light,” says Jones, who moved to the state in 2016.