About.

Jack Houston Swartz is a Texas-based photographer currently working in Austin, TX.

“An interest in Americana permeates in their work, and the hallmarks of old churches, desolate fields, and intimate bars convey a unique perspective on traditional folk imagery. There is another half of that picture which they explore through landscape: the cold and brutal architecture of urban development. In Austin, they have been able to capture a moment in the city’s history where cranes, parking lots, cameras and scaffolding are ubiquitous. Together with their rural/domestic scenes, Jack has created a complete depiction of the American south in its splendor and its unsightliness.” - James Hebert