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.
seen around ledbetter, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️fuji 200
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
seen around ledbetter, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️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
🎞️fuji 200
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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
🎞️fuji 200
cruising though ledbetter, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️fuji 200
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
cruising though ledbetter, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️fuji 200
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!
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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!
seen around downtown ranger, tx
🎞️ lomography 100
🎞️ lomography 100
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
seen around downtown ranger, tx
🎞️ lomography 100
🎞️ 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!
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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
🎞️lomography 100
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
seen around downtown ranger, tx. shortly after these were taken, an arsonist set fire to the second baptist church
🎞️lomography 100
🎞️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.
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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
🎞️lomography 100
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
game🎱room in ranger, tx — one of my favorite scenes from volume one of my book, texas textures
🎞️lomography 100
🎞️lomography 100
st james church, built in 1907
📍 milford, tx
🎞️ fuji 200
📍 milford, tx
🎞️ fuji 200
October 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
st james church, built in 1907
📍 milford, tx
🎞️ fuji 200
📍 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 🥲
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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 🥲
seen around frost, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️fuji 200
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
seen around frost, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️fuji 200
video of the lovely sunset since apparently bluesky doesn’t support photos + videos in the same post yet 🙄
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
video of the lovely sunset since apparently bluesky doesn’t support photos + videos in the same post yet 🙄
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!
big thanks to allen’s boots in austin for the new lid too!
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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!
big thanks to allen’s boots in austin for the new lid too!
near fox creek, colorado
🎞️kodak portra 400
🎞️kodak portra 400
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
near fox creek, colorado
🎞️kodak portra 400
🎞️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
🎞️ kodak color plus 200
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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
🎞️ kodak color plus 200
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...
www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...
October 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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...
www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...
on the edge of town
📍marathon, tx
🎞️kodak portra 400
📍marathon, tx
🎞️kodak portra 400
October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
on the edge of town
📍marathon, tx
🎞️kodak portra 400
📍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) 🤌
October 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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
🎞️fuji 200
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
seen around marathon, tx. i love small town water towers 🤎
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️fuji 200
on the backstreets of marathon, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️fuji 200
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
on the backstreets of marathon, tx
🎞️fuji 200
🎞️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
🎞️ kodak ektar
September 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
the former tiny target in a dust storm. it was located just outside of marathon, tx before it was torn down
🎞️ kodak ektar
🎞️ kodak ektar
scenes from rockdale, tx
🎞️kodak gold & cinestill 50D
🎞️kodak gold & cinestill 50D
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
scenes from rockdale, tx
🎞️kodak gold & cinestill 50D
🎞️kodak gold & cinestill 50D
📍golden, nm
🎞️lomo 400
🎞️lomo 400
September 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📍golden, nm
🎞️lomo 400
🎞️lomo 400
the abandoned st. joseph catholic church in rockdale, tx
🎞️kodak pro image 100
🎞️kodak pro image 100
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the abandoned st. joseph catholic church in rockdale, tx
🎞️kodak pro image 100
🎞️kodak pro image 100