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Eye on Texas

Eye on Texas: The Broken Wheel Ranch Project

by Liz Moskowitz | Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 6:00 CST

In Bonham, veterans struggling with PTSD can experience equine therapy.

by Tamir Kalifa

Eye On Texas: Hurricane Harvey

Fri, Sep 29, 2017 |

Tamir Kalifa I spent many days on assignment documenting the scenes of devastation and loss in Hurricane Harvey’s wake. The 130 mph winds had passed by the ...Read More

by Liz Moskowitz

Eye on Texas: Fantastical Taxidermy

Thu, Sep 7, 2017 |

Ahern creates fantastical mammals such as a nine-tailed red fox and a "black stag" built from parts of deer, elk and sheep....Read More

Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

Mon, May 15, 2017 |

I traveled to Big Bend Ranch State Park in October for the second-annual Trans-Pecos Ultra. This rugged ultramarathon spans 170 miles and 15,000 feet of elevati...Read More

by Ray Whitehouse

Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

Fri, Feb 17, 2017 |

Many attendees recognized Vaughan Neville as he walked around the festival with his headdress and custom-made ax. He said shooting "spreads some freedom."...Read More

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by Jenny Sathngam

Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

Thu, Jul 28, 2016 |

In July's Eye on Texas, Austin photographer Jenny Sathngam gives us a "peek at the faces of people at my favorite (sometimes secret) Texas swimming haunts."...Read More

June 2016 Eye on Texas by Scott Ball

Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

Fri, Jun 24, 2016 |

Writes photojournalist Scott Ball, who shot a confetti-filled moment at a San Antonio church: "Nothing pulls me in quite the way religious rituals do."...Read More

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by Liz Moskowitz

Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

Fri, May 20, 2016 |

In our May photo feature, Liz Moskowitz photographs the pastors and congregants at the small chapels scattered throughout swiftly gentrifying East Austin. ...Read More

The Portico Tejas in Dallas' Fair Park.

by Steve Masker

Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Thu, Apr 14, 2016 |

In February's Eye on Texas feature, photographer Steve Masker captures the crumbling Art Deco glory of Fair Park's "Tejas Warrior" at the Portico Tejas....Read More

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by Julia Robinson

Eye on Texas: Xiomara, a Domestic Worker Who’s ‘Invisible in Austin’

Wed, Mar 30, 2016 |

In March's Eye on Texas feature, photographer Julia Robinson follows Xiomara, an undocumented domestic worker who founded a cleaning cooperative....Read More

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