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...
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Aug 13, 20161 min read
Is This Any Way To Have Fun?
Take the annual Weird Austin Homes Tour and see for yourself. Weird Homes Welcome | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander ©2016 Welcome. Let’s...
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
Dec 3, 20152 min read
Commentary on Cranes and Their Creations
Dueling Threats by Jann Alexander © 2013 In 2008, as today, the building cranes loomed everywhere in Austin, giving us an unusual...
Jann Alexander
Nov 30, 20152 min read
In 2011, It Became Official: Austin’s Vanishing
Austin Business Journal made it “official” four years ago, in its year-end issue: Austin’s Been Vanishing Over the Last 30 Years. As...
Jann Alexander
Sep 18, 20151 min read
Ah Grids, How I Love Thee
Grid on a Door iPhoneography by Jann Alexander ©2015 Ah grids, how I love thee . . . Let me count the ways: You line up so nicely You...
Jann Alexander
Apr 30, 20151 min read
Whitley’s Went. Then Came A Tower.
Whitley’s Went. And then came the tower. ©2011 by Jann Alexander ‘In the heart of downtown Austin , at the intersection of 3rd & Brazos,...
Jann Alexander
Mar 14, 20152 min read
Good For What Ails Ya—With a Little Kick
Rusty Hadacol by Jann Alexander ©2014 “Hadacol is a Dietary Supplement . . . formulated as an Aid to Nature in rebuilding the Pep,...
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
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
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
Oct 28, 20143 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
Sep 24, 20143 min read
Tapping Into The Power of Power Lines
Towers of Power by Jann Alexander © 2014 The next time you aim your camera at a cityscape and curse the power lines that you can’t...
Jann Alexander
Sep 4, 20141 min read
Count the Condos and the Cranes
Counting Cranes by Kayak by Jann Alexander ©2014 “Mayor Wynn has set a goal of having 25,000 downtown residents — that’s 20,000 more...
Jann Alexander
Aug 23, 20141 min read
The State of The Arch: Printed or Painted
Arches in Valladolid by Jann Alexander © 2014 Who can resist an arch? These arches come from Mexico and New Mexico, and are...
Jann Alexander
Aug 8, 20141 min read
Where You Can Become Immersed in Texture
Mexico Textures by Jann Alexander ©2014 There’s no shortage of texture in Mexico’s Yucatàn. From crumbling walls to stone monasteries...
Jann Alexander
Aug 1, 20142 min read
When Time Stopped in Izamal
Izamal ZigZag by Jann Alexander © 2014 You zig here, zag there on your way up to the massive convento that sits atop a former Mayan...
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
Jul 5, 20142 min read
Collecting Eye Candy for Inspiration—and Fun
Oysters as Eye Candy by Jann Alexander ©2014 Eye Candy. It was the way I described San Francisco, the first time I was there. Later, it...
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