kat swansey
@katswansey
Photographer, author of Texas Textures, dirt road democrat, Spurs fan, & dive bar dweller. Can eat beef ribs without messing up my lipstick.
day n nite Market off route 66. this is now the home of new mexico chili chips 😋 🎞️ kodak portra 160 📍 milan, new mexico
budville, new mexico, off route 66 has one hell of a history. bud rice, who the town is named after, was murdered here in 1967. some say it was a drifter. others say it was a man named max, who later married bud’s widow and was eventually killed here too 😳 🎞️ kodak portra 160
it’s friday, crack open a cold one 🍻 🎞️ kodak portra 160 📍 budville, new mexico
are you sick of me yet? surely you’re not sick of this ultra-cool picture of an abandoned car on one of the most remote roads in texas! 😌 it can be all yours if you buy it at katswansey.com
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
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
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...
modern restrooms along route 66 in new mexico 🤪 totally sun bleached 🎞️ kodak ektar
the abandoned gateway tourist courts in nara visa, new mexico 🎞️ kodak ektar