Austin Arts Insider Features New Vanishing Austin Poster

Above, the new Vanishing Austin poster by Jann Alexander (c) 2009

Austin Arts Insider Rob Faubion features the new Endangered Species of Austin poster in today's column on tripvine.com. I'm grateful for the publicity, since sales of the poster help support my on-going effort to photograph Austin before it vanishes (so to speak) for my Vanishing Austin series--there are 68 images to date, published in slide show form on my website, VanishingAustin.com

KUT Asks, What's Historic? And Offers Hope for What's Vanishing

Vanishing Austin

kut : Item | Just What Consitutes "Historic?"

Source: kut.org

Today Austin Officials celebrated the City’s designation as a “Preserve America Community.” KUT’s Mose Buchele reports that attitudes towards what types of landmarks should be preserved are changing. — Mose Buchele

http://kut.org/items/show/17710

KUT pays a visit at Art City Austin

Above, photographer Jann Alexander (right), exhibiting at Art City Austin, 

is visited by fellow artist Suzanne Davis  

KUT's Erika Aguilar stopped in to my booth at Art City Austin this weekend, and we talked about my Vanishing Austin photography series, selling local art of local landmarks to the local citizenry, and making it as an artist in a recession:

Austin photographer and painter Jann Alexander showcases her latest art project Vanishing Austin at the Art City Austin outdoor festival. Photo and Audio by KUT's Erika Aguilar

Click the photo or download the 'sound' to hear the full audio interview. Download this sound. 

Going, Going, Gone? But Not Forgotten.

Endangered Species of Austin poster by Jann Alexander (c) 2008

Some still stand, some are gone, and with luck, some may never go. 

The Endangered Species of Austin poster, a 24 x 36" signed custom print, reflects what we love to love about Austin. It's available for holiday delivery by special order--for more information, email AustinDetails@mac.com.

Stop by my booth at the Holiday Art Festival at AMoA-Laguna Gloria on Saturday & Sunday, December 6-7 from 10 am-5 pm to see the Endangered Species of Austin poster and the entire Vanishing Austin series of photographs, nearing 50 to date.

Commentary on Cranes and Their Creations

The building cranes loom everywhere in Austin, giving us an unusual skyline these days. It's hard to avoid casting them as characters in my Vanishing Austin photographs. When the snake that graces the east side of Ranch 616 actually seemed to have a reaction to the cranes, that was an image that seemed to embody my concept for my photographic journey through Austin old and new. Its title: Vanishing Austin / Duelling Threats. (Though you gotta wonder who's winning.)

Sometimes it's the tall towers that seem to mock the scale of the architectural ambiance that thrives so far beneath them. Still, I'm rootin' for the little guy--like the Tiniest Bar in Texas. Whose owners say they're makin' a stand, right there amidst all the high-rise action on West 5th Street, in the shadow of the Monarch. Below, Vanishing Austin / Tiny Bar, Tall Tower.

In the Warehouse District, cranes reflect back in the existing high-rises (which are themselves being overtaken by the newer skyscrapers) and provide an artsy backdrop to an older block that still stands. Here's to a fight until the Bitter End (below, Vanishing Austin / Until the Bitter End).