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Leland Foerster
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Leland Foerster: "San Ignacio"


"San Ignacio"

Founded in 1728, San Ignacio had a plentiful supply of water and was able to produce enough food to assist many other mission populations in the central peninsula. By 1755 the Jesuits had completed the church up to the "spring line," which is the point where the arched ceiling begins. The Dominicans finished the ceiling and towers in 1789. My efforts to photograph San Ignacio have always been frusterated by vehicles in the foreground. On the occasion of this photograph, just as I positioned my tripod a big red truck pulled up in front of the wall. I ran over to ask the driver to move and invited him to come look at the image on the ground glass. Coming out from under the dark cloth he said. "It looks OK, but, could you take another one for me with my truck in the picture?"

 
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