{"id":13092,"date":"2018-06-14T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=13092"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:47:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:47:47","slug":"craig-varjabedian-photographing-white-sands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/craig-varjabedian-photographing-white-sands\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Varjabedian: Photographing White Sands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-13092\"  class=\"panel-layout\" >\n<div id=\"pg-13092-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-13092-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" >\n<div id=\"panel-13092-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_image_attachment_fallback&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">June 15, 2018 &#8211; Photographer Craig Varjabedian says it is challenging to photograph a place like White Sands National Monument because the landscape is always changing. 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