A History With the Illustrious Agave as Muse

My photographic love affair with the Agave goes back at least 35 years. This is half of my life today.

Agave — Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzman, Oaxaca City — 2022 — Image by Author

I’ve no idea how many black & white large format negatives I have exposed of this plant. I might venture a guess, most likely in the hundreds, the high hundreds.

Then there are the many digital captures. This number may exceed the large format negatives. Just…