Portrait Photographer
Santa Fe New Mexico
Soulful, expressive portraiture for those ready to be truly seen.
PACHA is a Santa Fe-based photographer specializing in portraits, lifestyle and unique layered soul portraits.
PORTRAITS
My portrait sessions are a blend of fine art and deep presence. Whether you're an artist, healer, entrepreneur, or family, we create expressive images that reflect who you truly are — with beauty, heart, and soul.
Each session is relaxed, intuitive, and co-created. Working with natural light in and around Santa Fe, I guide you gently so you feel at ease in front of the camera. The result: portraits that feel alive, personal, and meaningful.
SOUL PORTRAITS
Working with the photographic medium, I create layered in-camera images through multiple exposures, weaving together texture, form, and mystery. These images are not pre-planned — they emerge through spontaneous creative play, each series uniquely capturing the essence of the subject and their connection to the sacred.
This work is rooted in ancient Animistic wisdom and 20+ years of photographic practice, first developed on film and now brought forward through digital capture. Based in New Mexico, I'm continually inspired by the region's extraordinary light, land, and layered histories.
SOCIAL ART
By partnering with individuals and organizations, art for social change becomes a dynamic dialogue striving to question and reshape prevailing norms and address societal injustices.
I have collaborated with Indigenous activists, undocumented immigrants, and refugees to foster vital conversations through artistic practice.
WORK WITH ME
By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us.
-Alan Watts