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kat swansey

@katswansey.bsky.social

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Photographer, author of Texas Textures, dirt road democrat, Spurs fan, & dive bar dweller. Can eat beef ribs without messing up my lipstick.

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 1d

san isidro mission in las mesitas, colorado. the first mass was held in 1878. in 1975, a heater malfunctioned setting fire to the church.

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 2d

halfway through my therapy session today, i stopped myself mid-sentence, looked at my therapist and asked, "wait, am I having a mid life crisis?!" to which she burst out laughing 😇

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 4d

someone just called me a chaos gremlin 😂

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks!! Still got plenty of paperbacks left but always a good feeling to sell out of something ☺️

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 4d

sold out!!!! thanks y’all!!

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 5d

one copy left!

www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 5d

one copy left!

www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 5d

a few hardcovers of volume two just came back in stock. get ‘em while ya can, they’re going fast!

www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 5d

on the edge of town

📍marathon, tx
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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 5d

and yes i bought that hella cool route 66 apron from a gift shop in hackberry, arizona because that’s what hot girls do

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 5d

i got a wild hair up my ass this week and decided to make pop tarts from scratch and boyyyyyyy my compliments to the chef (aka me) 🤌

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 6d

seen around marathon, tx. i love small town water towers 🤎

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 7d

the town is pronounced "mare-thin", btw

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 7d

on the backstreets of marathon, tx

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 8d

the former tiny target in a dust storm. it was located just outside of marathon, tx before it was torn down

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 9d

scenes from rockdale, tx

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 10d

i love austin, tx

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 13d

📍golden, nm
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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 13d

the abandoned st. joseph catholic church in rockdale, tx

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 13d

hold on to your rosary beads and leave me to my mischievous deeds like we always do

kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 14d

near rockdale, tx

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 15d

scenes from the shelby store — as featured in my book texas textures. if the light is on, they're open!

got a few copies of the book left: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/texas...

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 22d

i've officially been posting about my trips on substack for a year and it's cool to see how far they've come (and how much of a better writer i've become, as well). take a look back at the first one: katswansey.substack.com/p/tales-from...

Tales from the Road #1: West Texas

A quick trip through the Texas-Mexico border

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 22d

an abandoned adobe in big bend ranch state park

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 27d

nuestra señora de la paz mission on the texas-mexico border, built in 1917

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kat swansey @katswansey.bsky.social · 29d

my zine is back in stock! sold out in a few days last time. ‘way out west’ has 49 photos of west texas — everywhere from the infamous town of langtry to the oil patch of mentone.

get your copy: www.katswansey.com/shop/p/way-o...