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All Tricked Out For The Holidays Vanishing Austin —the ongoing photography series that tries to stay ahead of the wrecking ball—is...

Eternally Attracted to Color and Texture  by Jann Alexander © 2013 — Found: An oft-painted warehouse wall, pitted, cracking, alive with...

Grunge on Avenue G by Jann Alexander © 2013 For photographers, the grungier, the rustier, the more lonely a subject is—the better. We...

Blessings at the Spoke by Jann Alexander © 2013 A broken-down bus that long lived at Austin’s famous honky-tonk shows some respect for...

The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a whole lotta cranes to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where...

First Encounter: Greetings from Austin, 2004 by Jann Alexander [Mural: Todd Sanders © Roadhouse Relics] It was still spring in Austin,...

From Movies to Books by Jann Alexander © 2013 Americana Ad, Austin History Center When Austin’s Americana Theatre  held its gala opening...

Lightscapes / On the Lake, Austin by Jann Alexander © 2013 .    .    . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection....

Moody Blues by Jann Alexander © 2013 Antone’s, the club whose name  is perhaps most synonymous with The Live Music Capital of the World...

ART CONNECTS ME to the whole wide world. It’s in the  details  of everything I see, be it a painting in a gallery window, a pair of...

Tiny Bar, Big Crane by Jann Alexander © 2010 We’d honestly like to see more of the Tiniest Bar in Texas.  It’s just that these days,...

Walk or Don’t Walk, it’s up to you at Wiggy’s I have long been fascinated by juxtapositions. In fact I’ve tried to build my entire...

On the Lake by Jann Alexander © 2013 Competition by Jann Alexander © 2013 A woman you meet at a gallery opening has loved a real...

“People don’t live in Austin to work, they work to live there.” — Robert Rodriguez What Beer Does by Jann Alexander © 2013 In the vein...

Stalking the Innocent Putt Putters by Jann Alexander © 2103 Yes, there’s reason to worry that we can’t Keep Austin Weird. But if you...

Austin Power : “You can’t turn me on.” Austin Powers : “Au contraire baby, you can’t resist me.” Austin Power by Jann Alexander © 2013...

Lightscapes / Blue Pool by Jann Alexander © 2013 — There is nothing as inviting as a languid, limpid pool of cool blue water on a hot...

True Blues by Jann Alexander © 2103 Blue is the color of summer in Austin. Blue skies. Blue pools. Blue lakes. Blue neon. Blue...

Frog Legs and Towers by Jann Alexander © 2013 Sunny and 102°?!  How to Beat the Heat? How else—with frog legs, fried pies and air...

Yes, it does. As noted in What’s Vanished Since 2004 , some of Austin’s best treasures have gone missing since I began my Vanishing...