Wooden sculptures and relief paintings of saints such as St. Francis, the Blessed Virgin, and Apostles of Christ have for centuries been objects of devotion and worship in the Southwest Catholic culture. This centuries-old heritage is celebrated here through photographs, essay, and literary quotes that beautifully bring the devotion into focus. Crafting saints has always been seen as a high calling. These santeros and santeras (saint makers) created santos―images of saints, Christ, the Trinity, and Holy Family―painting them on wooden panels called retablos. They carved and painted wooden sculptures called bultos. And if they built a home chapel, they carved and painted an altar screen, or altar retablo, called a reredos, that was made up of smaller retablos and sometimes adorned with bultos. 47 year old John Annerino is an award winning photographer and author of 19 distinguished photography books, illustrated nonfiction books, magazine features, gatefold color maps, and single-artist calendars of the American West and Old Mexico. His art and photography books and calendars of inspirational and devotional (nondenominational) works include the award winning book, The Virgin of Guadalupe: Art and Legend, the multi-bilingual Mayan Long Count Calendar , and celebrated series of 18 bilingual La Virgen de Guadalupe Calendars Saints, Santos, Shrines , Art and Photography, Devotional Folk Art of the Southwest by John Annerino, Gibbs Smith "Few others were inspired more profoundly by San Xavier del Bac Mission, the Tohono O'odham people, and Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino than Arizona born Italian Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia. The writings of Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia about Padre Kino also resonated with me because I had explored the vast sweep of the Altar Valley beneath the Tohono O'odham sacred peak of Baboquivari as Padre Kino and DeGrazia both had . . . During a stormy desert night north of the Mexican border, DeGrazia described his mystical experience of Padre Kino . . . "Padre Kino told me you would come, the little old lady told DeGrazia . . ." " Revealed in Saints, Santos, Shrines by John Annerino --Kino Heritage Society Testimonial, Honoring the Life & Legacy of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino, San Xavier del Bac Mission, The Virgin of Guadalupe: Art and Legend by John Annerino is also available on Amazon Books. Photographed and researched in Mexico, Southwest, and the borderlands, Saints, Santos, Shrines includes an essay and descriptive bilingual captions, literary and historical quotes, bibliography, and literature cited. Photographic pilgrimages were made to El Cristo Rey, Cerro del Cubilete and Shrine of Belen and Jesus of Nazareth Sanctuary, Atotonilco, Guanajuato; Francisco "Pancho" Villa monument, Cerro de la Bufa, Zacatecas; Seri village of Desemboque, Sonora; Shaman's cave and Trinity, Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua; Virgin of Izamal Sanctuary, Saint Anthony of Padua Convent, Izamal, Yucatan; Tepeyac Hill and Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico; Our Lady of Guadalupe chapel, Velarde and Holy Child of Atocha Oratory, Plaza Vieja, New Mexico; Saint Judas Thaddeus migrant cave shrine, Puerto Blanco Mountains, DeGrazia Mission in the Sun, and San Xavier del Bac Mission, Arizona. Color photographs feature Holy and Marian figures of Crucified Christ/Cristo Crucificado, Cross of Seven Sufferings/Cruz de los Siete Sufrimientos, Face of Christ/Rostro de Cristo, Jesus the Nazarene/Jesús Nazareno, Guardian Angel/Ángel de la Guardia, Divine Shepherdess/Divina Pastora, Holy Child of Child of Atocha/Santo Niño de Atocha, The Immaculate Conception/La Immaculada Concepción, Mary Magdalene/María Magdalena, Our Lady of Guadalupe/Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Our Lady of La Jolla/Nuestra Señora de La Jolla, Our Lady of Mount Carmel/Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo, Our Lady of the Rosary/Nuestra Señora de Rosario, Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos/Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos, Our Lady of Sorrows/Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, The Soul of Mary/La Alma de María, The Virgin of Annunciation/La Virgen de la Anunciación, and The Virgin of Mercy/La Virgen de la Merced. Saints Andrew Apostle/San Andrés Apóstol, Saint Anthony of Padua/San Antonio de Padua, Saint Ambrose/San Ambrose, Saint Benedict the Moor/San Benedito del Páramo, Saint Bonaventure/San Bonaventura, Saint Cecilia/Santa Cecilia, Saint Didacus of Alcala/San Diego de Alcalá, Saint Francis of Assisi/San Francisco de Asís, Saint Francis Xavier/San Francisco Javier, Saint Francis Xavier entombed/San Francisco Xavier entumbada, Saint Ignatius of Loyola/San Ignacio de Loyola, Saint Isidore The Farmer/San Isidro Labrador, Saint James/San Jaime, Saint John of the Cross/San Juan de la Cruz, Saint Joseph/San José, Saint Judas Thaddeus/San Judas Tadeo, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha/Santa Kateri Tekakwitha, Saint Marina/Santa Marina, Saint Martin the Gentleman/San Martín El Caballero, Saint Martin of Porres/San Martín de Porres, Saint
