Stylist / Reality TV contestant Giacomo Forbes, photographed in his salon on August 27, 2009

My friends Heath and Kim are getting hitched.  So when they asked if I would take pictures of them at a 120 year old school house in a wheat field, not far from where What’s Eating Gilbert Grape was filmed, I of course said yes.

Hey, we’ve made some minor changes with the addition of the Stories and Features section. If you haven’t seen them already, check out the West Texas One (and West Texas Two) serieses. Or Inauguration One and Inauguration Two. Or the whole darn thing.

Rabbit busy at work.

This is Rabbit.  He’s ran Rabbit’s Lounge in east Austin for 40 years.  Last month we photographed a spread for Jewell in and around, with Rabbit guest starring as himself.

Here in Texas, football is a big deal.  Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, “the bible of Texas Football”, covers the entire subject from high school to professional teams and comes out annually, usually selling out quickly.  This year is its 50th anniversary and this spring we shot the cover and inside story featuring quarterback Colt McCoy.  The making of the cover is currently airing on Fox Sports News Southwest.

all-americans sergio kindle, linebacker and jordan shipley, wide receiver

texas longhorn quarterback colt mccoy, photographed on may 6, 2009 in austin texas.

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Welcome to the new blog for craig washburn pictures.  We’ll be periodically updating this with new work, news, experiments or whatever else catches our fancy.

The inaugural post will be of singer/songwriter Adam McInnis, photographed for the june 2009 cover and spread of cs magazine.

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