‘Mortal Highway: The Photographs’ Exhibition - El Zaguán

“Despite the prodigious number of roadside memorials found in the Northern New Mexico landscape, unknown to most is the significance of the powerful and poignant descansos erected for years by the Hispanic community. In the exhibition at the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, September 2-30, 2022, Mortal Highway: The Photographs, Judith Hidden Lanius offers a unique and highly personal view of descanso culture through her photographs. “