ho ho ho… or something like that! i’m running sales for the holidays 🧑‍🎄 get a free zine when you buy both copies of texas textures + prints are marked down to $25! great gifts for lone star aficionados, homesick texans, or people who love abandoned sh*t katswansey.com/shop

my new scanner is coming in today (after nearly two months in shipping) and I'm torn on whether or not I should sell my v600. I don't need a backup scanner, right?

ho ho ho… or something like that! i’m running sales for the holidays 🧑‍🎄 get a free zine when you buy both copies of texas textures + prints are marked down to $25! great gifts for lone star aficionados, homesick texans, or people who love abandoned sh*t katswansey.com/shop

some favorites from my recent road trip through southern cali (part two) 📍 abandoned water park in the mojave desert

just kicked on the heater for the first time this year. good mornin’ texas

feels good to be “home” 💘

some favorites from my recent road trip through southern cali 🌧️

TSA at the palm springs airport is so damn nice and friendly 🥰

I’ve got the flu for the first time ever

seen around ledbetter, tx 🎞️fuji 200

an abandoned house in ledbetter, tx. i love the chair that's been sitting on the porch for decades now (though i can't find any of my earlier photos of it) 🎞️fuji 200

good morning to everyone except nico harrison, who is having the day he deserves 😌 (and i ain't even a mavs fan)

cruising though ledbetter, tx 🎞️fuji 200

nothing hits like that first sip of a mexican coke

hey austin folks! I'm doing the austin studio tour for the first time ever -- yay! i'll be at hangar art studios all weekend from 12 - 6. come see some of my work in real life and say hi!

ain’t got shit to eat in the condo so i guess i’m having buttered tortillas 😋

seen around downtown ranger, tx 🎞️ lomography 100

suuuper excited to share that i’m showing work at the austin studio tour for the first time! ✨ i’ll have several photos hanging (and for sale) at hangar gallery in austin on nov 8-9 + 15-16. stop by and say hi or i’ll cry (not really, i just felt like rhyming). see yall there!

seen around downtown ranger, tx. shortly after these were taken, an arsonist set fire to the second baptist church 🎞️lomography 100

coach pop is officially in the rafters with timmy, tony, and manu. i’ll just be over here crying forever over this one.

game🎱room in ranger, tx — one of my favorite scenes from volume one of my book, texas textures 🎞️lomography 100

st james church, built in 1907 📍 milford, tx 🎞️ fuji 200

made a pit stop in van horn, tx on the way home from tucson and brought back this lil rescue named pup. i held her the entire 6.5 hour drive back to austin. she’s now with her foster mom and i miss her already 🥲

in other news, i finally upgraded my flatbed scanner. i’ve been wanting an epson v850 for a while but didn’t wanna drop $1500. i found one new in the box in japan on ebay for $500 and bought a US power cable for it. wish i’d thought of this years ago

damn, it’s a good feeling when a band you really dig says your photos feel like album art 🥲

i saw turnstile three days ago and i’m still thinking about it

seen around frost, tx 🎞️fuji 200

feelin’ luck-enbach? 🍀 corny caption aside, we were rewarded with a beautiful day and a nice sunset as james mcmurtry played, and topped it off with a little nightcap from hayes carll and the band of heathens. big thanks to allen’s boots in austin for the new lid too!

near fox creek, colorado 🎞️kodak portra 400

san isidro mission in las mesitas, colorado. the first mass was held in 1878. in 1975, a heater malfunctioned setting fire to the church. 🎞️ kodak color plus 200

halfway through my therapy session today, i stopped myself mid-sentence, looked at my therapist and asked, "wait, am I having a mid life crisis?!" to which she burst out laughing 😇

someone just called me a chaos gremlin 😂

sold out!!!! thanks y’all!!

one copy left! www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...

a few hardcovers of volume two just came back in stock. get ‘em while ya can, they’re going fast! www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...

on the edge of town 📍marathon, tx 🎞️kodak portra 400

i got a wild hair up my ass this week and decided to make pop tarts from scratch and boyyyyyyy my compliments to the chef (aka me) 🤌

seen around marathon, tx. i love small town water towers 🤎 🎞️fuji 200

on the backstreets of marathon, tx 🎞️fuji 200

the former tiny target in a dust storm. it was located just outside of marathon, tx before it was torn down 🎞️ kodak ektar

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