Elizabeth Abrams: Photography exhibit
Antidotes: Seeing Beauty, Finding Connection
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces
August 19 - December 2, 2023
Desert Horizon
© Elizabeth Abrams
Courtesy New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
For Elizabeth Abrams, the art of photography offers an opportunity to connect deeply with the world around us, especially in the form of nature.
The show features 24 beautiful landscape and wildlife images by Elizabeth Abrams, who lives in Las Cruces. The show also includes a “Death and Life” display, a memorial work dedicated to horses and other animals.
“My own journey of reconnecting with the landscape of the Chihuahuan Desert has brought experiences of deep healing and meaning,” Elizabeth Abrams says in her Artist Statement. “I think about photography as a practice of seeing the land and animals with love, care, and attention, and acknowledging our interdependence. This is my way of contemplating the mutual antidotes humans and the rest of nature might be able offer each other in facing the unique challenges of the times we live in.”
Her landscape photographs reflect the light and texture of the environment and the seasons, whether it’s the Rio Grande or the Organ Mountains. The 12 wildlife images in the show feature everything from a bobcat to a variety of birds.
Elizabeth Harvey Abrams is a nature photographer and interdisciplinary artist. She grew up in Alamogordo and Las Cruces with multiple generations of farming and ranching on both sides of her family. Abrams returned to Las Cruces after a 15-year career in federal government and related work in Washington, D.C. After changing careers, she now practices as a mental health counselor focusing on grief, trauma, and ecotherapy.
NEW MEXICO FARM AND RANCH HERITAGE MUSEUM
4100 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011
