Saints at San Xavier del Bac – Folk Art in a Mission Church

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Photographer’s Shadow – Integrating Light and Shadow

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source Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is living in Tucson for two months, exhibiting her photography in art shows, taking photographs, and blogging about photography, art fairs, and living life “solo.”  Even learning how to adapt to life’s ups and downs is a worthwhile adventure.