Photo Exhibit Celebrates NM Women Ranchers Women have played an important role in ranching in the state, and Macey Center will celebrate the lives of those “cowbelles” with a photo exhibit in the second floor gallery. Albuquerque photographer Ann Bromberg will bring her acclaimed exhibit “Ranchwomen of New Mexico” to Macey Center Gallery for a five-week run starting Monday. The exhibit is a collection of 40 black-and-white photographs documenting the lives of 10 women who have “cowgirled,” or owned ranches, in New Mexico in the last 50 years. Women ranchers represented in the show include Felicia Thal, who settled at a ranch in Watrous and was named Cattleman of the Year; Navajo sheep rancher Dorothea Begay, who has a deep respect for the land and her sheep; and Nogal rancher and rodeo pioneer Fern Sawyer. Sawyer died in 1993 – in the saddle – with her boots on....