a few more from encino, new mexico 🎞️ kodak portra 160

the defunct motel in encino, new mexico. like the motel, most of the town is abandoned 🎞️ kodak portra 160

discount liquor off route 66 🎞️ kodak portra 160 📍 san fidel, new mexico

i hate to be insufferable but selling my photos is my full time job now 🥲 you can get yours at katswansey.com/shop

a few more from the industrial area i found by accident outside of vaughn 🎞️ kodak ektar and portra 160

i was cruising the side streets around vaughn and found this industrial area i’ve never seen photographed before. and that’s why you get off the highway, pals 🥲 🎞️ kodak ektar and portra 160

the sun-bleached yucca motel in vaughn, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

abandoned in vaughn, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

well that didn’t go as expected but hey hi hello, here’s a photo i took of a piano in an abandoned general store in texas! please buy it 🙏 katswansey.com/shop

ranch house cafe in vaughn, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

scenes from petra de luna, a ghost town in new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

abandoned on route 66 🎞️ kodak ektar 📍 santa rosa, new mexico

abandoned on route 66 🎞️ kodak ektar 📍 santa rosa, new mexico

stoppin’ to smell the texas wildflowers this morn

abandoned in nara visa 🎞️ kodak ektar 📍 nara visa, new mexico

abandoned in nara visa 🎞️ kodak ektar 📍 nara visa, new mexico

this juneteenth, i’m sharing a project i’ve been quietly working on for more than a decade. for the past 15+ years, i’ve photographed texas freedom colonies and the stories they hold. i hope you'll take a few minutes to read it: open.substack.com/pub/katswans...

sacred heart catholic church 🎞️ kodak ektar 📍 nara visa, new mexico

modern restrooms along route 66 in new mexico 🤪 totally sun bleached 🎞️ kodak ektar

abandoned in nara visa, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

the abandoned gateway tourist courts in nara visa, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

ira’s bar in nara visa, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

had a delicious salad for lunch and then ruined it by eating a massive bowl of ice cream immediately after 😅

rockin’ horse antiques 📍 nara visa, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

tepee curios off route 66 📍 tucumcari, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

bent door station on route 66 📍 adrian, texas 🎞️ kodak ektar

on the texas-new mexico border 📍 glenrio, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

my newest post about photographing the salton sea is up, featuring stories about cute kitty cats and showering with my boots 😅 you can read it here: open.substack.com/pub/katswans...

glenrio, new mexico and texas — a border town shared by both states 🎞️ kodak ektar

Western Motel in San Jon, New Mexico. This roll of Ektar was being grumpy 🥲 🎞️ Kodak Ektar

been a lil quiet around these parts because i snuck off to the catskills for my first ever artist residency at the perch hotel!!!! makin’ new photos inspired by the quiet magic of the catskill mountains ✨

gonna learn to drive in new york city today so that’s gonna be a blast

spotted off route 66 📍san jon, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

tepee curios off route 66 📍tucumcari, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

blue swallow on route 66 📍 tucumcari, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

i’ll reply to all comments tomorrow. i had a lil medical procedure done this morning and feel too loopy to be online

quality food drive in off route 66 📍 tucumcari, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

ranch house cafe on route 66 📍 tucumcari, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

sitting in frazier’s drowning my sorrows in a modelo (and responding to emails). guy clark just came on the jukebox. i love this damn bar.

she wants so badly to be helpful when i’m working and idk how to tell her she’s actually a massive (and cute) distraction

palomino motel; roadside off route 66 📍 tucumcari, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

friday night i was hanging at the continental club and a guy walks in holding a book… then i realized it was *my* book. he said he took it out one other time and someone told him, “that book is so good!” i’m still in my feelings seeing my little “baby” out in the wild 🥲

bill’s auto service 📍 tucumcari, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar

just outside tucumcari 🎞️ kodak gold

not much left of this church in newkirk, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

i am generally unimpressed with the american healthcare system. but i have to admit that i’m overwhelmed with gratitude at the number of docs who are willing to go above and beyond to see me, including skipping their lunch breaks to pencil me in, before my insurance coverage ends in two weeks ❤️‍🩹

another abandoned storefront off route 66 📍 newkirk, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

big cheesin’ because WE BACK, BABY!!!!!! #gospursgo

abandoned on route 66 📍 newkirk, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold

abandoned on route 66 📍 newkirk, new mexico 🎞️ kodak gold