happy motoring! 📍santa rosa, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

scenes from santa rosa, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

abandoned along the highway in tres piedras, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

immaculate conception church in tres piedras, new mexico — built in 1900 🎞️ kodak gold

tres piedras, new mexico on a fall day 🎞️ kodak gold

one of the coolest parts of being self employed is posting up at my local dive bar to send some emails while enjoying a 3pm beer and they’ve got dr. john blasting on the jukebox 😮‍💨

the mills mansion in springer, nm 🎞️ kodak gold

proof of life after a rough month. feelin’ better and realizing… no job, no man, no problems, baby!!!! 🌺

i feel like i’ve seen this first photo in my dreams though i don’t exactly remember 📍 mount dora, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

been a little MIA — got laid off after 13 years + went through a breakup. i didn’t have it in me to keep up with one more thing. feeling more like myself again + getting back to scanning film. new prints are up if you wanna support me: katswansey.com/shop 💐 these would look real good on your wall!

abandoned in mount dora, nm 🎞️ kodak gold

huge life update: i was laid off from Vrbo last week after 13 years. surreal to even type. feeling a lot, but mostly grateful for the friends + experiences. i’m pursuing photography full time now. if you like my work, *please* consider buying a print, zine, or book to support me katswansey.com/shop

seen around folsom, new mexico side note: bummed to have missed the volcano nearby 🎞️ kodak gold

an abandoned church in grenville, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

more from grenville, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

seen around grenville, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

a few more from a ghost town in new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

seen around a ghost town in new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

my birthday was a few days ago, and the new year brought the urge to sell everything and focus on new projects. so all my prints and zines are heavily marked down! get ‘em while ya can: www.katswansey.com/shop

a fun update no one asked for: we had a great time at my art show, he broke my f'n heart three days later, and has been begging for me back ever since. as a full blown lover girl, I hate love, man.

a few photos from a secret spot i found on accident — some of my favorite photos i’ve taken in the last couple years 📍 new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

santa clara catholic church in wagon mound, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

a few more from wagon mound, new mexico 🎞️kodak gold

i'm a dingus for this -- we had so much fun

i usually keep my personal life private but whatever... taking a friend that's more than a friend but isn't my boyfriend to the opening of my art show is making me anxious as hell. there, i said it out loud.

taking it to new mexico now with a roll of film that I dropped 😅 at least the light leaks are decent 📍wagon mound, nm 🎞️kodak gold

sanchez music shop in van vorn. i’ve heard lots of interesting tales about this place but i know only one thing to be true: it’s one of my favorite buildings to photograph because that sign is so dang good 📍 van horn, texas 🎞️ kodak portra 160

self-serv 📍 van horn, tx 🎞️ kodak portra 160

there’s always a dang dollar general there to get in the way of your photo 📍 van horn, tx 🎞️ kodak portra 160

bud's die(sel) 📍van horn, tx 🎞️kodak portra 160

found in crockett, tx 🎞️ kodak portra 400

what's left of a baptist church outside alto, tx 🎞️kodak portra 400

there’s a 21 year old kid seeing john doe with his mom tonight and i cant help but wonder if my kid(s) would be this cool if i ever had one 🥲

pioneer memorial grove outside alto, tx 🎞️ kodak portra 400

seen in the ghost town of dextra, tx 🎞️ kodak portra 400

these useless interns smh

seen in sacul, tx 🎞️kodak portra 400

i spent years wanting to visit bugscuffle, texas — mostly because of the gas pump and the bright & early coffee mural on the side — only to show up and discover someone knocked over the gas pump. i've since been told that someone stole it 🥲 🎞️ kodak portra 400

sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name 🎶

i started a lil postcard club recently, and each month i send a postcard with a new photo. sign up by tomorrow to get this month's secret pic 🤠 www.postal.photos/kat-swansey

i will miss every single speed limit sign on a road trip but can spot an abandoned church buried in a forest with no problem, like this church. anyone else like this? 😂 📍 cushing, texas 🎞️ @kodak portra 400

what’s left of the dialville store and post office 📍 dialville, texas 🎞️ kodak portra 400

I really wanna share some big news but I guessssss I gotta wait to sign the contract first so I'm going to exercise some patience 🥲

a few more from neches, tx as seen in my book, texas textures vol. two 🎞️kodak portra 400

i wrote and recorded some audio about my first visit to the iconic roy's sign in amboy, ca, where i got to light up the neon (ahhh!!) 🤠 plus my experience trying to drive and photograph route 66 in rare, rainy california weather! hit the link: open.substack.com/pub/katswans...

mcdonald & son mercantile as seen in my book, texas textures vol. two 📍neches, texas 🎞️ kodak portra 400

New year, slow return to social media. I’m Kat, a Texas based photographer. I’ve loved cameras since I was a kid, sneaking into my grandpa’s office and getting busted for pressing buttons. Nearly 30 years later, I’m still shooting on film. My work is rooted in rural Texas. Hope you'll say hi.

the color of night, it’s a few drops of blood in the parking lot dirt i catch a hard right, i roll with the impact no matter how bad it hurts

tomorrow (wednesday) is the *last day* to get your orders in for delivery by christmas. and i only have like two books left, so get 'em fast! www.katswansey.com/shop

hey y’all, i’m running *very low* on books. if you want one for christmas, get it ASAP. www.katswansey.com/shop wednesday is the last day to order to receive it by christmas!