scenes from rockdale, tx 🎞️kodak gold & cinestill 50D

i love austin, tx

📍golden, nm 🎞️lomo 400

the abandoned st. joseph catholic church in rockdale, tx 🎞️kodak pro image 100

hold on to your rosary beads and leave me to my mischievous deeds like we always do

near rockdale, tx 🎞️kodak pro image 100

scenes from the shelby store — as featured in my book texas textures. if the light is on, they're open! got a few copies of the book left: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas... 🎞️kodak color plus

i've officially been posting about my trips on substack for a year and it's cool to see how far they've come (and how much of a better writer i've become, as well). take a look back at the first one: katswansey.substack.com/p/tales-from...

an abandoned adobe in big bend ranch state park 🎞️kodak gold & fuji 200

nuestra señora de la paz mission on the texas-mexico border, built in 1917 🎞️ lomo 100

my zine is back in stock! sold out in a few days last time. ‘way out west’ has 49 photos of west texas — everywhere from the infamous town of langtry to the oil patch of mentone. get your copy: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/way-o...

a close up of the same adobe from yesterday, taken a few years later 📍texas-mexico border 🎞️fuji 200

my zine is back in stock! sold out in a few days last time. ‘way out west’ has 49 photos of west texas — everywhere from the infamous town of langtry to the oil patch of mentone. get your copy: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/way-o...

an adobe on the texas-mexico border 🎞️kodak ektar

one of my favorite things to do is walk into a bar or venue that i’m regular at and ask the bartender, “who let you in here?”

i should mention the guy was FIRING the gun and running towards my car. so it’s clear i’m not being a drama queen.

damn near got myself killed last night by an idiot running around with a gun, then thought i was having a heart attack in my car trying to get away from it. if you need me (don’t), i’ll be hiding in my bed and snuggling my kittens

pinto canyon used to be one of the most remote and rugged roads in texas... and then came the power lines 📍texas-mexico border 📷kodak portra 400

i wrote about my recent trip to west texas + recorded some thoughts about it (!!!). this was my first time recording audio and i felt really dumb & insecure about my voice (and texas twang), but here goes nothin...! 👇 katswansey.substack.com/p/tales-from...

it's incredible how many people make it through life being completely useless

i wrote about my recent trip to west texas + recorded some thoughts about it (!!!). this was my first time recording audio and i felt really dumb & insecure about my voice (and texas twang), but i did it anyway! 👇 katswansey.substack.com/p/tales-from...

a few more from pinto canyon 📍texas-mexico border 📷kodak portra 400

someone bought a copy of my book to use as their wedding guest book! how damn cool is that!!!

i don’t want another drink, i only want that last one again

i've been working on narrating a digital version of my book and boyyyy let me tell you what, i sound like boomhauer in every recording 😵‍💫

abandoned in pinto canyon 📍texas-mexico border 🎞️kodak portra 400

at the dead horse mountain ranch on the texas-mexico border 🎞️kodak portra 400

an abandoned catholic mission on the texas-mexico border 🎞️kodak portra 400

st. dominic's chapel in d'hanis, tx — built in 1847 — on a crisp december morning 🎞️kodak ektar

kill yr tv 📍texas-mexico border 🎞️fuji 200

desert oddities 🎞️various kodak film

it took six hours for my papa to call me back yesterday because all his friends kept coming over to see him 🥹

i also wrote about this town and some of it's (very sad) history in the second volume of my book, texas textures, which also features several photographs that i haven't posted online. you can get a copy here: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...

for those who were perplexed about why this would sell for $425k -- the church sits on 10 acres in one of the most untapped areas near big bend national park. secondly, the land on both sides of this property is tied up in title litigation because of tourism (this story is quite sad, actually).

abandoned in redford, tx 🎞️fuji 200

there’s only two things that money can’t buy and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes

first baptist church of redford, tx. it was built in 1979 and for $425k, it could be all yours 🎞️ kodak gold

big thanks to ‪@utopia-defer.red -- i can share photos here again! 🤠

well, as much as i'd love to continue sharing photos with y'all -- bluesky appears to have some kind of issue going on. it won't let me upload anything because it says only images are supported. spoiler alert: i'm trying to share *images.*

this little kid wouldn’t stop staring at me so i smiled at him but what i really wanted to do was say, “hey tell ur dad he’s hot”

if you like cheesy enchiladas and getting caught in the rain

📍gay hill, tx 🎞️fuji 200

only nine left 😅

zines are going quick and i (stupidly) didn't order very many. get 'em while you can: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/way-o...

📍 industry, tx 🎞️ fuji velvia

zines are back in stock!!! (for now, anyway) get one: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/way-o...

house of prayer 📍industry, tx 🎞️lomography 100

📍staples, tx 🎞️ fuji 200

i applied for a photography grant a couple months ago and just got a rejection email. buts it’s ok because we just keep trying, right?? 🥺

📍 staples, tx 🎞️ fuji 200