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Unfolding in Luxury
Unfolding by Jann Alexander ©2013 Unfolding A minimalist image from my Naturescapes collection becomes a shimmering, luxurious print...
Jann Alexander
Nov 8, 20141 min read


What’s Not to Like About Texas?
Texas Is So 21st Century Eat the Natural Meat by Jann Alexander © 2014 Texas Has Alternatives to Wally’s World Venison World, Not...
Jann Alexander
Nov 5, 20141 min read


Here’s a Secret About Photographs
Secrets by Jann Alexander ©2014 “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” –Diane Arbus Though...
Jann Alexander
Oct 31, 20141 min read


So Many Signs, So Little Time
October has been a month of signs at Pairings , exploring the themes of art + meanings within our everyday surroundings. The inspiration...
Jann Alexander
Oct 30, 20142 min read


So Simple, So Sweet, It Needs No Words
So Simple, So Sweet by Jann Alexander ©2014 And that’s a good thing, because it’s Wordless Wednesday. I wish I could say more. ♣ Get...
Jann Alexander
Oct 29, 20141 min read


How to Shoot a Texas-Size Panorama
Top to Bottom in the Dome ©2014 Jann Alexander There are architectural interiors so impressive that they demand photographs—even if the...
Jann Alexander
Oct 28, 20143 min read


Miles Upon Miles of Motel Doors
Miles of Motel Doors, 1980 by Jann Alexander © 2014 In 1980, as we made our way across the west in a Honda hatchback, photographing the...
Jann Alexander
Oct 25, 20141 min read


Cast Shadows Never Let Me Down
Cast Shadows as Cover Art by Jann Alexander ©2014 Cast shadows beguile me, and none are as ubiquitous around the planet as those made...
Jann Alexander
Oct 24, 20141 min read


A Collection of Distortions
Baxter Park Painting by Jann Alexander ©2014 “It’s good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it’s definitely more fun to play...
Jann Alexander
Oct 23, 20141 min read


A Collection of Reflections
Lovely Lilies by Jann Alexander © 2014 “Art is not just about what’s great or expensive or scandalous or famous. It’s a mirror we hold...
Jann Alexander
Oct 22, 20141 min read


Seeing Black and White In Color
Separation Anxiety, Mono by Jann Alexander ©2014 Separation Anxiety by Jann Alexander ©2014 I see in color. I shoot in color. I dream...
Jann Alexander
Oct 20, 20142 min read


Take This Simple Refraction Test
Refracted City by Jann Alexander ©2014 Sit at a comfortable distance from your iDevice or monitor, and cover one eye while gazing...
Jann Alexander
Oct 17, 20141 min read


Where Dreams Await
Where Dreams Become Memories by Jann Alexander ©2014 The mocha of my dreams had begun life less than an hour earlier. It was a typical...
Jann Alexander
Oct 15, 20142 min read


Landmarks We Have Loved and Lost
Heartbroken Music by Jann Alexander ©2013 We’ve lost many of our cherished Austin, Texas landmarks, but they remain forever...
Jann Alexander
Oct 10, 20141 min read


We Are The Champions!
Since 1957: How Continental by Jann Alexander ©2010 Yes, there are beloved Austin, Texas landmarks in the Vanishing Austin photography...
Jann Alexander
Oct 8, 20141 min read


Unintended Redundancies
Do you believe in signs? Sometimes they really speak to me. Other times, they’re . . . well, they may have a modicum of truth, but they...
Jann Alexander
Oct 7, 20141 min read


Signs of Changing Times
Closed or open, since 1862. Come on in. Wear your shirt. Because we’ve got our rules. Don’t like our rules? Eat somewheres else. Ashes...
Jann Alexander
Oct 6, 20141 min read


You’ll Always Have Choices
No Parking by Jann Alexander © 2011 Scuttled by Jann Alexander © 2011 There’s Parking Signs, and then there’s No Parking Signs. These...
Jann Alexander
Oct 5, 20141 min read


Does Beer Make Others More Interesting?
Drink Miller by Jann Alexander ©2014 Pop Beer Quiz! Pop a beer to answer a few questions about it on this holiest of beer-drinking days....
Jann Alexander
Oct 4, 20141 min read


All the Signs Pointed Me in One Direction
Willie Nelson Live, 2004 by Jann Alexander ©2014 It was May 2004 and there were so many signs in Austin, Texas, I almost ran out of...
Jann Alexander
Oct 3, 20142 min read
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