Photo Essay
76 stories
Dirt and Light »
James H. Evans has been photographing Big Bend for twenty years. But never before has it looked so, well, big.
February 2011
Litter Did We Know »
A tidy look back at 25 years of “Don’t Mess With Texas”— the most successful anti-littering campaign in world history.
January 2011 by Katharyn Rodemann
Talking Trash »
More anecdotes from the "Don’t Mess With Texas” campaign.
January 2011
The Gentle One
A slide show featuring James H. Evans’s images of a wild mustang and the cowboy who tames him.
December 2010 Produced by Patricia Busa McConnico
In Our Backyard »
The faces—and voices—of eighteen Texans who are living the debate.
November 2010
The Epic West
A slide show of images from the making of one of the most beloved miniseries of all time, Lonesome Dove.
July 2010
Magic Kingdom »
A visual tour of my beautiful, mysterious, surreal corner of East Texas.
June 2010 Text by Keith Carter
At Home
Beaumont is the backdrop for a rich East Texas storytelling culture, an occasional mystifying spirituality, and abundant folklore.
June 2010 Photographs and text by Keith Carter
Oyster Fest
A slide show of images featuring the dynamics of the oyster industry, from laborers at sea who empty nets to platters of the beautiful mollusks ready to be eaten.
April 2010 Photographs by Kenny Braun
Into the Wild
A slide show of images featuring some of our state’s most precious landscapes, from the Dahlstrom Ranch, in the Hill Country, to the surviving patch of the Great Plains just west of Fort Worth. Photographs by Sarah Wilson
January 2010
Kick Up Your Heels
A slide show of images featuring our state’s classic dance halls, from the John T. Floore Country Store, in Helotes, to the Stampede, in Big Spring. Photographs by Jeff Wilson.
December 2009
Get in the Game
Lions and tigers and bears. And cardinals and eagles and pirates. Good sports from schools across Texas get into character. (Adapted from the October 2007 issue.) Photographs by Jeff Minton
October 2009
Spirits of Texas
A slide show of images featuring our state's haunted haunts, from the Grove, in Jefferson, to the Baker Hotel, in Mineral Wells. Photographs by Todd Hido
October 2009
Mountain High
From the Guadalupes to the Chinatis, Texas mountains have some of the best views in the state. Photographs by Charlie Llewellin
October 2009
Cattle Drive
The Sauceda Ranger Station, in the Bofecillos Mountains, is still a working cattle operation—and the home of a registered Longhorn herd. Photographs by Charlie Llewellin
October 2009
Holy Smoke »
For photographer Wyatt McSpadden, the barbecue joints of Texas are soot-stained temples of meat and their pitmasters solemn keepers of an old-time religion.
May 2009 by Wyatt McSpadden
Gone (Back) to Texas »
On Inauguration Day, Midland, Texas was like a parallel universe to the rest of the country.
February 2009 by Paul Stekler
Flying Away »
I’ve always had a connection to bees: I bought my first hive in 1971, and I raised them for honey all through high school. That’s why the disappearance of colonies across the U.S. has hit me so hard.
October 2008 Photographs and text by Dan Winters
My Father’s Son
Because I was so young when my father died, almost everything that I learned about him was transmitted through myth—by my mother, by his relatives in New Orleans, by his friends in Galveston. In death, he became a figure that was larger than life.
June 2008
Natural Beauties »
Dozens of roses—and not just yellow ones—have flourished in Texas for more than a century, planted by immigrants who cherished them as sentimental reminders of home. Here are a few of our favorites.
May 2008 Text by Molly Glentzer
The Fire That Time: Slideshow
From the survivors, to the families, to the ATF and FBI, the images of the 51-day standoff at Mount Carmel are still vivid in their minds.
April 2008
Wyatt’s World: Slideshow
In 1978, he got his first assignment. Thirty years later, he’s still here.
March 2008
Wyatt’s World »
Thirty years after he took his first photograph for us—of charming kook Stanley Marsh 3—contributing photographer Wyatt McSpadden looks back on his extraordinary career and tells the stories behind some of our favorite images.
March 2008 As told to Jordan Breal
The Unpublished Dan Winters »
As one of the country’s top photographers, he’s captured on film hundreds if not thousands of people over the past quarter of a century. These ten portraits have never before been seen, but they’re among his favorites. Ours too.
January 2008
Horsemen, Pass By »
In Bill Wittliff’s Lonesome Dove photos, make-believe has never seemed so real.
October 2007 by Stephen Harrigan
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