Dear Photography Friends  from Ann McMahon Photography

It is with humble gratitude that I extend heartfelt thanks to the ladies of the Town and Country Garden Club here in Silver City as they support the continuation of the fieldwork to add to the portfolio, The Disappearing Mining Landscape of Grant County. They have made a financial commitment covering some of the expenses to fund geologist Andrew Lindlof's travel back to Silver City. The donation will be made to the Silver City Arts and Cultural District (SCACD) on our behalf and SCACD will see to proper accounting of all funds. 

For more than 55 years, the Town and Country Garden Club has been efficiently and quietly supporting numerous non-profits in Silver City. These ladies are unsung heroes, operating a thrift shop on Bullard Street and taking care of the rose garden at the historic Memory Lane Cemetery. From their volunteer labors comes financial assistance to numerous non-profits and projects. For their goodwill they receive nothing in return and little recognition. 

The images I make and the rocks and minerals Andrew collects from our travels around Grant County will be featured in an exhibit next year - 2017 - at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry (WMMI) in Colorado Springs, CO. This opportunity is provided by Richard Sauers, director of WMMI. You may recall that Andrew and I were honored last year for our efforts by the Mining History Association with its first-ever Heritage Award.

Meanwhile, my work continues with the Farmington Gateway Museum in Farmington, New Mexico to open an exhibit of my wildlife prints - Coyote Tales - August 22 of this year. This exhibit will be open until January of 2017. Curator Jeffrey Richardson has talked me into expanding the exhibit by four additional canvases. These prints will accompany the ones that were so popular at the Branigan in Las Cruces last fall. If you reside in the northern half of New Mexico, the Farmington exhibit should be convenient for a visit. Click on this link to see the details on my News Page. 

If you are unable to travel to Farmington and would like to see a sample of the canvas images that are part of Coyote Tales, just click on my home page and watch.