After the devastating wildfires around Austin this past summer from the terrible drought, the grassland has been left charred for miles around spicewood where I was staying for a few days during my trip home. Of course, seeing the damage was very real after having witnessed from afar(facebook/news) the homes lost and displaced families this past summer, and yet I saw a harsh beauty in the miles of charcoal earth that no one else seemed to have noticed ?
At any rate, while driving in, me and my mom pulled over to do a quick and dirty photoshoot. Or really, as soon as I saw miles of black trees and burned cacti I was like "pull over now!!" so you'll have to give me some credit for leaving the house halfway decent being that I would really love to come back and do a fully realized shoot.
That being said, my mom is an amazing photographer (she constantly reminds me that she did in fact major in it when I pretend like she doesn't know what she's talking about,) and I really love how the photos came out. She has a real skill for capturing me at interesting angles and pushing me to contort my body--which is very much appreciated being that I tend to get stuck in the poses I always do.
all freak photos from
Freak Show by Robert Bogdan
