kat swansey
@katswansey.bsky.social
Photographer, author of Texas Textures, dirt road democrat, Spurs fan, & dive bar dweller. Can eat beef ribs without messing up my lipstick.
sylvester, tx on a 105° day. while i was taking photos of the house, a fella pulled up to make sure my car hadn’t broken down, saying, “this would be a bad place to end up stranded.” a week later, my car broke down. fortune teller or just a kind citizen? maybe a little bit of both 🤠 🎞️ kodak gold
abandoned outside anson, texas. gonna photograph this again someday when the grass ain't so high 🥲 🎞️ kodak gold
yeehaw go kick some ass this week (this is mostly a pep talk to myself because i have been very grumpy about photography lately) 🎞️ kodak gold 📍 colorado city, texas
just a few things that caught my eye somewhere along the backroads of the texas hill country 💘 🎞️ @kodak gold
a baptist church in doole, texas. no, i didn’t go inside because it’s always swarming with bees 🥲 🎞️ kodak gold
silver, texas… another ghost town i’m emotionally attached to 🎞️ kodak gold
i can’t tell any of my cousins that i got my heart stomped on because they’ll all be loaded up in their pickup trucks ready to find him and whoop his ass
an absolutely blissful day out on the guadalupe river this weekend 💘
hey y’all! my main freelance gig unexpectedly fell through, so i'm having a lil print sale to pay some bills 🤠 8x10 giclée prints $46 shipped + tracking send me the print you want + your address! venmo / cash app: @katswansey
an old mercantile and tractor supply building 📍melvin, texas 🎞️kodak gold
an abandoned school in melvin, tx 📍melvin, texas 🎞️kodak gold
seen around downtown melvin, tx 📍melvin, texas 🎞️kodak gold
a few photos from one of my favorite towns to photograph 📍melvin, texas 🎞️kodak gold
a couple more from the roll of film i lost and found 📍central texas 🎞️lomo 100
another shot from the roll of film i lost and found 📍central texas 🎞️lomo 100
if you’d like to know how spoiled i am (still) at 36: i just tried to clean the kitchen for my meemaw after breakfast and i couldn’t find the cleaner for the countertops 😭 i grew up in this house but the kitchen was always off limits. i got the dishes washed tho
i skip a lot of shit that comes on the playlist, but not guy clark. i hear guy clark, i turn up the dang volume
photos from a roll of film i lost and found. i can’t remember the last time i shot 35mm so this was a fun surprise 📍central texas 🎞️lomo 100
hi, i’m kat 🙋🏻♀️ and i like drinking lone star beer in small towns and getting my tintype taken by one of my favorite photographers 📷 holliday tintype
a few more from day n' nite market -- one of my fave places to photograph along route 66! it was my second time stopping on this trip because i loaded my film wrong the first time 🤪 but i got to meet the owner, stephen, who shared the history of this place! 🎞️ kodak portra 400 📍milan, new mexico
spent the weekend in my home “dark room.” 14 out of 40 rolls! i’m tired.
gosh, i just freakin' love when i can get a shot through the windows like i did at this abandoned spot on route 66 🎞️ kodak portra 400 📍new mexico
st. margaret mary chapel 🎞️ kodak portra 400 📍 paraje, new mexico
bluewater bowling alley off route 66 🎞️ kodak portra 400 📍 bluewater, new mexico
