New Mexico is more quietly beautiful than some Western states. It isn’t “one National Park after another” like Utah or California. It doesn’t have one spectacular spot like Yellowstone. You might have to spend an entire year in this vast state to hit your photographic stride. But if you do hit that stride, you’ll be in good company with the artists and photographers who’ve been attracted to the light for over a century.
There are three cultures co-existing in New Mexico (if you read the middle third of my Summer 1994 travelogue then you might question the extent to which these actually co-exist). The Indians created interesting pueblos. The Spanish some impressive churches. The Anglos … mostly some houses that look like they could have been imported from Cleveland.
From Philip Greenspun writing about New Mexico at photo.net. There are many gorgeous photos.