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08-23-2007, 03:11 PM
Art and Historic Preservation Top Photographer John Soden's Agenda
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Ruidoso, New Mexico - As a child, the photographs in National Geographic and Life Magazine fascinated John T. Soden. He would absorb the images contained on those pages and go on to use them throughout his professional career.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Suedeterioration_web.jpg border=1 align=left hspace=4> On Thursday evening, Aug. 23, Josie's Framery & Gallery, 2917 Sudderth Dr. in Ruidoso, will present John T. Soden's latest fine art photos.
This show will exhibit recent photographs from the back yards of New Mexico to the streets of back East, in color, and in black and white.
The show will also feature John's documentary work on the Mexican Canyon Railroad trestle in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
The trestle was built in 1902 to carry passengers from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft and was used until 1947 when the highway replaced the rails. It is the only wooden trestle of its type and size still standing.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Suetrestle_web.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=4> N.M. State Representative Steve Pearce, who hiked the along the bridge and nearby trails as a child, is spearheading the restoration project of this trestle. When Congressman Pearce was visiting the trestle on July 5, he said "I want my grandchildren's grandchildren to be able to hike this trestle." For more information about this project, visit Congressman Steve Pierce's web site at www.pearce.house.gov (http://www.pearce.house.gov/) <br><br>Soden hopes to raise public awareness about this project by showing the deteriorated state of the trestle and inspire people and groups to volunteer their labor to save this historic structure. He will be documenting the project with still photographs and video until its completion. The photos generated will be shown and published throughout the area to help keep interest and support in the multi-year project. Eventually he hopes to publish a coffee table-style photographic book on the trestle's history and restoration.
The opening reception for the photo exhibit at Josie's will begin at 5 p.m. next Thursday. Refreshments will be served and Mark Remington of Ruidoso will provide musical entertainment.
For more information, contact Sue Harkness Soden at 630-0044, email weaselprods@yahoo.com or visit: www.weaselvideoproductions.com (http://www.weaselvideoproductions.com)
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Closeupofthetrestleheadingeast_web.jpg align=center border=1 hspace=4>
Ruidoso, New Mexico - As a child, the photographs in National Geographic and Life Magazine fascinated John T. Soden. He would absorb the images contained on those pages and go on to use them throughout his professional career.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Suedeterioration_web.jpg border=1 align=left hspace=4> On Thursday evening, Aug. 23, Josie's Framery & Gallery, 2917 Sudderth Dr. in Ruidoso, will present John T. Soden's latest fine art photos.
This show will exhibit recent photographs from the back yards of New Mexico to the streets of back East, in color, and in black and white.
The show will also feature John's documentary work on the Mexican Canyon Railroad trestle in Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
The trestle was built in 1902 to carry passengers from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft and was used until 1947 when the highway replaced the rails. It is the only wooden trestle of its type and size still standing.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Suetrestle_web.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=4> N.M. State Representative Steve Pearce, who hiked the along the bridge and nearby trails as a child, is spearheading the restoration project of this trestle. When Congressman Pearce was visiting the trestle on July 5, he said "I want my grandchildren's grandchildren to be able to hike this trestle." For more information about this project, visit Congressman Steve Pierce's web site at www.pearce.house.gov (http://www.pearce.house.gov/) <br><br>Soden hopes to raise public awareness about this project by showing the deteriorated state of the trestle and inspire people and groups to volunteer their labor to save this historic structure. He will be documenting the project with still photographs and video until its completion. The photos generated will be shown and published throughout the area to help keep interest and support in the multi-year project. Eventually he hopes to publish a coffee table-style photographic book on the trestle's history and restoration.
The opening reception for the photo exhibit at Josie's will begin at 5 p.m. next Thursday. Refreshments will be served and Mark Remington of Ruidoso will provide musical entertainment.
For more information, contact Sue Harkness Soden at 630-0044, email weaselprods@yahoo.com or visit: www.weaselvideoproductions.com (http://www.weaselvideoproductions.com)