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Descent in Big Bend by Jann Alexander ©2014 The mountain was a worthy opponent , though we hadn’t seen it that way when we began the...

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...

October has been a month of signs at Pairings , exploring the themes of art + meanings within our everyday surroundings. The inspiration...

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...

Top to Bottom in the Dome ©2014 Jann Alexander There are architectural interiors so impressive that they demand photographs—even if the...

Escapees from the 1964 NY World’s Fair by Jann Alexander ©2014 A few dinosaurs came into view. Astonished, I watched them cautiously...

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...

Cast Shadows as Cover Art by Jann Alexander ©2014 Cast shadows beguile me, and none are as ubiquitous around the planet as those made...

Baxter Park Painting by Jann Alexander ©2014  “It’s good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it’s definitely more fun to play...

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...

Separation Anxiety, Mono by Jann Alexander ©2014 Separation Anxiety by Jann Alexander ©2014 I see in color. I shoot in color. I dream...

Sally by Jann Alexander ©2008 In the seven years I have known Sally , she has demanded very little. Sure, she paws us awake each morning...

Refracted City by Jann Alexander ©2014 Sit at a comfortable distance from your iDevice or monitor, and cover one eye while gazing...

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...

Dreamy Dawn by Jann Alexander ©2013 Dawn broke over the Sea of Cortez with a glimmer of sunlight, then cast its shimmer over the waters...

Heartbroken Music by Jann Alexander ©2013 We’ve lost many of  our cherished Austin, Texas landmarks, but they remain forever...

Since 1957:   How Continental by Jann Alexander ©2010 Yes, there are beloved Austin, Texas landmarks in the Vanishing Austin photography...

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...

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...

No Parking by Jann Alexander © 2011 Scuttled by Jann Alexander © 2011 There’s Parking Signs, and then there’s No Parking Signs.  These...