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Jann Alexander
Sep 9, 20161 min read
When Every Angle Edges Up
On a walking tour of Dürnstein, in lower Austria, my iPhone 6s in hand, centuries were evident on every building. Every stone was...
Jann Alexander
Jul 16, 20162 min read
What To Do When The Details Surround You
If you believe, as I do, that life is lived in the details, your camera must always be ready to take in what you can’t. Melk Abbey...
Jann Alexander
Nov 20, 20151 min read
Do Bad Things Always Come In Threes?
A Trio of Pumps, Shamrock, Texas by Jann Alexander ©2015 It’s no secret that bad things come in threes. If you step off the sidewalk...
Jann Alexander
Jun 19, 20152 min read
RGB? CMYK? Funny You Should Ask
What RGB Means To Me Here’s what RGB means to me today: My cranky Epson R1800 printer demanded more difficult-to-find $20 ink cartridges...
Jann Alexander
Feb 15, 20151 min read
Unnatural? The Human Eye Craves It
You won’t often find perfect symmetry in nature, in human faces or in the cosmos. But wherever you find the architectural touch of man,...
Jann Alexander
Oct 30, 20142 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 6, 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 3, 20142 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
Aug 15, 20142 min read
A Fortress in Yellow along the Convent Route
Yellow Fortress , New and Modern by Jann Alexander ©2014 The newest fortress in Acanceh , in Mexico’s Yucatán, is a yellow church that...
Jann Alexander
Jul 19, 20142 min read
You Say You Want an Evolution?
Austin, Texas, Congress Avenue, 2004 — Where once was the Avenue Cafe , there came Las Manitas. Owned by two sisters, it was revered for...
Jann Alexander
Jul 11, 20141 min read
It’s Useless to Resist These Relics. And Why Would You?
Deco Dazzle by Jann Alexander ©2012 It’s impossible for me to resist the marquee of an old movie palace. They’re relics of an era when...
Jann Alexander
Jun 20, 20141 min read
Looking for the Contrasts Between Things
Light Between the Lines by Jann Alexander © 2014 When I’m out with my camera and determined to make a photograph, I’m looking for light...
Jann Alexander
May 16, 20141 min read
Finding Art in Architecture
Open by Jann Alexander © 2012 “Art is everywhere: in nature, in architecture, in literature, and more. It’s anywhere we see beauty and...
Jann Alexander
May 5, 20143 min read
An Austin Tradition Arrives Home
Frisco Gold by Jann Alexander © 2013 Welcome to an Austin, Texas tradition: What’s Vanishing Next? My blog devoted to my adoration—via...
Jann Alexander
Apr 25, 20141 min read
Letters from the Past, in Upstate New York
Letters from Genesee by Jann Alexander © 2012 By Jann Alexander Letters from Genesee’s Past: It’s not often you score three times in...
Jann Alexander
Apr 8, 20141 min read
On the Edge of Two Worlds
Mayan Messenger by Jann Alexander © 2012 You can climb to the top of a distant civilization in Tecoh, a tiny Yucatán town whose...
Jann Alexander
Mar 9, 20142 min read
It’s All About Your Perspective
Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2013 In Austin, Texas, we take our local landmarks seriously , and our city ordinances decree...
Jann Alexander
Feb 18, 20141 min read
The Inescapable Frost Tower
Frost Sunset by Jann Alexander © 2014 Ever notice how the Frost Bank Tower follows you all around downtown Austin and appears magically...
Jann Alexander
Feb 9, 20142 min read
Here’s to Halcyon Days Ahead for Legal Vices
Those Halcyon Days by Jann Alexander © 2014 Some of Austin’s towers are getting pretty overtowering, but locally-owned Halcyon is...
Jann Alexander
Jan 24, 20141 min read
Austin Is a Town of Continual Juxtaposition
Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2013 There’s no shortage of colorful contrast in Austin , and there hasn’t been in a long long...
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