Obscura Gallery - Santa Fe Photography Gallery

05/29/2026

Thank you to the Pasatiempo for this incredible spread on our exhibition with Lynn Adler opening today! Curated and edited by Bill Shapiro and published by University of New Mexico Press, 'And So We Moved to Petaca' exhibition and book signing starts today, 4pm here at Obscura!

With "And So We Moved to Petaca," a chance sojourn to a tiny New Mexico town decades ago becomes a time capsule for the photographer who frequently returned — and

05/22/2026

05/19/2026

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL: BOOK OF THE WEEK
Capturing a heartbeat: ‘And So We Moved to Petaca’ a portrait of a small New Mexico town in the 1970s

Book signing and exhibition with Lynn Adler Friday May 29 at Obscura Gallery, 4-7pm!

Lynn Adler's intimate black-and-white photos of Petaca are now a book — a rare record of a remote community that nearly vanished.

05/02/2026

In closing to our Virtuosos exhibition with Paul Caponigro and Ansel Adams, we want to celebrate with this fantastic review from published in April.

On view at Obscura Gallery through April 26, 2026, VIRTUOSOS pairs Ansel Adams and Paul Caponigro, tracing a shared musical sensibility and masterful black-and-white photography shaped by precision, intuition, and enduring vision.

04/27/2026

Thank you NYC for coming out to visit us at the 2026 AIPAD Photography Show, we thank you for your incredible support of our gallery and our artists! We hope you will visit us at our gallery in Santa Fe on your next visit there!

See you next year!

📷 Susan Burnstine, In the Midst, 5.5x5.5”, archival pigment ink prints on vellum backed with 12K white gold leaf, edition of 5 (unique variants).

04/26/2026

Last Day of The Photography Show presented by AIPAD!

Today Obscura Gallery artist Lou Peralta will be speaking on Sculptural Photography in the Park Avenue Armory, Veteran's Room at 12pm.

She will be speaking with Fabiola Menchelli and Spandita Malik to discuss how photography extends beyond the flat image into sculptural, tactile and spatial forms. Moderated by Stephen Frailey of 'Dear Dave', magazine the conversation will explore their experiments with materiality, process and installation and the ways their work transforms how photographs can occupy space and how reimagining the photograph as object opens new dimensions for storytelling and perception.

📷 L to R:
Lou Peralta, Disassemble #23, 2018
Archival pigment print and gold tissue paper “papel de china”. 35.5 in x 45.3 in x 2 in, Unique piece

Lou Peralta, Disassemble #48, 2019
24.8 in x 29.5 in, Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth paper with cinnamon and wood stripes attached with archival glue and tape, Edition of 8 (unique variants)

Lou Peralta, Lime and Paint 2025,
Chromaluxe and walnut wood frame.
14.6 in x 19.3 in, Edition of 4

Lou Peralta, Mexican Monalisa
2025, Fujiflex C-Print and gold leaf frame with museum glass. 12.2 in x 15.2 in, Edition of 4

04/25/2026

Day Four of The Photography Show presented by AIPAD!

Today we have an in-gallery book signing and artist talk (B11) at 3:30pm with Brian Adams and Sarah Stacke for 'In Light and Shadow' - a landmark book featuring photographic work exclusively by Indigenous Americans, shedding new light on the understanding of Indigenous America. On view in our booth are two images by Brian Adams of which one is included in the book.

📷 L to R:
Brian Adams, A dog team on the frozen Kotzebue Sound, photographed from the observation deck of the Nullaġvik Hotel in Kotzebue, Alaska. 2016. 17 x 17", Archival pigment ink print, edition of 15.

Brian Adams, Marie Rexford of Kaktovik, Alaska preparing maktak for the villages. Kaktovik, Alaska, 2015. 17 x 17", Archival pigment ink print, edition of 15.

04/24/2026

A fantastic spotlight on our artist, Lynn Stern, showing at the AIPAD Fair, Booth B11!

Something unexpected graces this year’s AIPAD.