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Jann Alexander
Dec 28, 20141 min read
Feeling the Chill?
Ready to Lounge by Jann Alexander © 2013 Ready to chill after all of the holiday madness? Settle back without a care in the world, and...
Jann Alexander
Dec 27, 20142 min read
Yes, Austin, Funk and Swank Can Coexist
Mean Cat Meets Condo by Jann Alexander © 2010 As Austin, Texas marks its 175th birthday, and as we head into another boom year for...
Jann Alexander
Dec 20, 20141 min read
Are You Tired of Red and Green Yet?
Sick of seasonal colors? Here’s some yellow. For eyes that can’t bear to look upon any more red and green, or blue and silver, until...
Jann Alexander
Dec 15, 20141 min read
’Tis the Season to Twinkle
iTwinkle iphoneography by Jann Alexander ©2014 ’Tis the season to trim the tree, turn on the lights and embrace your inner twinkle....
Jann Alexander
Dec 13, 20142 min read
The Hippest Holiday Art Fair in Town
The local newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, calls the Blue Genie Art Bazaar “simply the hippest holiday art fair in town.” So...
Jann Alexander
Dec 12, 20141 min read
A Town That Knows How to Get Lit
Looking to light up the town? Look no further than New Orleans, one town that really knows how to light it up. In fact, plenty of folks...
Jann Alexander
Dec 10, 20141 min read
A Shoe Shine in New Orleans, Two Bits?
The Shining by Jann Alexander ©2014 A shave and a haircut in New Orleans isn’t two bits any longer, and neither is a shoe shine. But...
Jann Alexander
Dec 9, 20141 min read
Behind the Scenes in New Orleans
When in Nawlins iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2014 There’s a famous place in New Orleans to go for café au lait and delicious...
Jann Alexander
Dec 3, 20142 min read
Shopping Local With The Locals
Shop for my art prints at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar in Austin, Texas “Simply the hippest holiday art fair in town” —the Austin...
Jann Alexander
Dec 1, 20141 min read
Why Your Next Stop Is The Last Stop
Last Stop in Casas Grandes: Mission Mexico Photo Painting by Jann Alexander ©2014 From my new collection, Mission Mexico Photo...
Jann Alexander
Nov 29, 20141 min read
When All of the Stars Align
Playing Favorites by Jann Alexander © 2014 One of the biggest thrills for a photographer of cityscapes like mine (in Austin, Texas) is...
Jann Alexander
Nov 25, 20141 min read
A Horse Named U
Dive into The Shoe by Jann Alexander © 2013 Not so much a word as a symbol, and yet, a symbol of what? Of the letter U? Of the shoe on a...
Jann Alexander
Nov 24, 20143 min read
Using Your Imagination to See
Aside from its ever-present convenience and its remarkably crisp, vivid image yield, the iPhone’s best trait might be its fun factor....
Jann Alexander
Nov 23, 20141 min read
Shakespeare Slept Here (in Austin)
Shakespeare Speaks in Austin by Jann Alexander © 2014 Recent research indicates that Shakespeare spent his formative years in Austin,...
Jann Alexander
Nov 21, 20141 min read
Contrasting Angles with Shadows
Nature’s Angles by Jann Alexander ©2014 In the Western Wyoming environment that’s given over to waving grasslands and towering trees...
Jann Alexander
Nov 19, 20143 min read
Where Do Ideas Come From? Crazy Places
Inspiration and creativity are some pretty crazy bedfellows. Plenty of more philosophical and scientific minds than mine have devoted...
Jann Alexander
Nov 18, 20142 min read
How to Make the Call: Color, or Black and White?
Better in black and white? All Generations Are Afflicted iPhoneography by Jann Alexander ©2014 Documentary photography has...
Jann Alexander
Nov 13, 20142 min read
Lost and Found Treasures
Fresh Picked by Jann Alexander © 2014 I plucked a bowlful of blueberries fresh from the bush outside the small red Maine cottage where...
Jann Alexander
Nov 11, 20142 min read
Following the Signs
Hither and Yon, Port Aransas, Texas by Jann Alexander ©2014 | Sign by Kandice Turicchi Dorothy: Now which way do we go? Scarecrow:...
Jann Alexander
Nov 8, 20141 min read
Unfolding in Luxury
Unfolding by Jann Alexander ©2013 Unfolding A minimalist image from my Naturescapes collection becomes a shimmering, luxurious print...
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