seeyouatthefights

Photos and site by Franco Floyd Fontanero

PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS

MONASTERY OF CHRIST IN THE DESERT

A BEAUTIFUL MONASTERY IN NEW MEXICO

SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO IN NEW MEXICO

PHOTOS OF PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS

LIFELONG ABIQUIU RESIDENT, MR. NAPOLEON GARCIA. WITH PRIDE, HE TELLS OF BEING A GENIZARO, (SPANISH AND AMERICAN INDIAN). A KIND MAN WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ABIQUIU AND IT'S HISTORY. A PENITENTE WHO SINGS ALABADOS AND DOES WOODCARVING. NEED INFORMATION? WHEN IN ABIQUIU, PAY MR. GARCIA A VISIT. TO READ ABOUT THE PENITENTES CLICK ON PENITENTES.

CHURCHES IN DIFFERENT PLACES

HOLY CROSSES

Laughlin, Nevada CASINOS

WORLD HOOP DANCING CHAMPION NAKOTA LARANCE

San Francisco De Asis CHURCH RANCHO DE Taos, New Mexico

Penitentes

Oldest Church in Colo.

Buffalo thunder Casino

LaRance with F. Fontanero

FOR MORE ON CHURCH

Photo "one" of Nakota La Rance by Franco was featured in the Arizona sun.

One

Mt. Hood

Dead tree at sunset

At Piedra Lumbre N.M.

Field of flowers, Silverton, Or.

Hoover Dam Bridge when under construction

Hornos (Ovens)

River boat cruise Laughlin, Nv.

Winter in Colo. Springs, Colo.

Beautiful sunset Salem, Or.

At sunset Silverton, Or.

Two sisters Pasco, Wa.

Field of flowers, Silverton, Or.

Sunsets

Murals in Truchas, N.M.

Oct. in N.M.

The famous Church I always wanted to photograph

Freddy Fender

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_de_Asis_Mission_Church

A 4th. of July in Las Vegas, Nevada

Franco Floyd Fontanero at Playboy mansion

Actor Mr.and Mrs Tony Curtis

Playboy Mr. Hugh Hefner

Photos are not resent

Don Juan de Onate y Salazar (1550 - 1626 ) Was a Spanish explorer, Colonial Governor of the new Spain province of New Mexico. Visit Visitor Center on line www.rioarribanm.com

The great Po'Pay, Leader of the Pueblo Revolt

For more on Po'Pay click on link below http://www.nativeart.net/affilpopay.php

For more on Hoop dancing click on link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKg8RQSv4LE

Camel Rock

Alexis Arguello with Franco Floyd

Claimed world's largest rocking chair

Franco Floyd/ Hugh Hefner

Bert Sugar / Rose Fontanero

If I please may, I would first like to introduce myself and give you some input of what I do and what has brought me from the Boxing Capital of the World, Las Vegas, Nevada to the Land of Enchantment. After being a writer and photographer in the sport of professional boxing for 14 years (since 1997 ) I traveled to New Mexico. This is the land where my Spanish ancestors once lived. Falling in love with this wonderful land and it’s people, with Nikon in hand, I decided to move here and try my hand at photographing the beauty and history I, through my lens, can see. As I first laid eyes on the beautiful city called Santa Fe, I experienced a feeling unable to explain. A sign entering Pojoaque said it all when it read of the Buffalo Thunder, leaving one in awe, what a grand and beautiful place. Since 1997, I have had my own site www.seeyouatthefights.com and now am building a new site named “People, places and things”. Along with printing a booklet, I hope to post many photos of many people, beautiful places and of different things for all to enjoy. At the Buffalo Thunder Resort I photographed Nakota LaRance as he danced with such grace and such power, to the beat of his Father’s drums. A performance so powerful. I had heard and had read of how some people that had come to live in New Mexico would say, “Something is in the air in this land!” Yes, something wonderful in the air in this land. Love and peace.
Franco Floyd Fontanero

ABIQUIU, N.M. HOME OF FAMOUS GEORGIA O'KEEFFE

MR. GARCIA KNEW AND WORKED WITH O'KEEFFE