And, where are you from?

Heaven gained an angel on July 28, 2023.  The evening sky will shine brighter, the world will feel a little bit smaller and the ocean deeper from this day forward.  Joette O’Connor, the Owner/Director of Photogenesis Gallery for over 35 years left this world for another with her enduring grace and dignity.  She was the inspiration for Photogenesis Gallery, where people entered to appreciate the beauty that graced its walls and left as friends. Always helpful and encouraging to the budding collector and respectful and informed to the masters, her knowledge, experience, and generous nature encouraged people to return year after year. She regaled her guests with the storied pasts behind each photograph that hung on its walls.  Always quick with a quip or a quote, or helpful tips about Santa Fe (including where the bathrooms were located), her beautiful, gracious smile, unparalleled sense of humor and intellectual curiosity about people and their own history starting with her signature “And, where are you from?”, engaged every individual that crossed the Gallery’s threshold.  Never did a person enter who did not leave as a friend.

If you had the privilege of meeting and talking to Joette, she will have told you that she was an ocean girl trapped in the desert. In honor of her indominable spirit, Photogenesis will be making a special offering as a tribute to her timeless class and charm called Joette’s Dream.  Details will be coming soon.

Until then, please join us and raise a glass to honor her life and give thanks for having known one of the kindest, most genuine, and generous souls to walk among us

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