Craig Alan Huber has been exploring the environs influenced by Serra for some time. He fell in love with the California Missions first as a young boy growing up in California, and then later as an adult with a visit to Mission San Diego in 2008. Over the next five years he photographed all 21 Alta California Missions. Further, to more deeply appreciate Serra’s heritage, he made multiple sojourns to where Serra grew up in Petra and Palma de Mallorca and to the Sierra Gorda mountain range in Mexico where Serra was a President of the Missions.
The Spirit Within Saint Junipero
A book on the legacy of America’s first Hispanic Saint, Junípero Serra. Celebrating the significant places Serra delivered his message to in each of the three major phases of his life—Mallorca, Mexico, and California. 101 images from original large format film negatives made by Craig Alan Huber, represented in the aesthetic of a platinum/palladium print. The images tell a visual story and communicate a sense of the Spirit present at each of the 37 locations represented. Accompanying text describes a brief history of Serra’s major life experiences from a young man in Mallorca to his final days in Alta California, written by noted Serra biographer Robert M. Senkewicz.
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