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'I make images... so that all my moments will not be lost in time like tears in rain.' ~ Skip Hunt Skip Hunt, born on the wind-swept plains of Oklahoma, is a professional photographer in Austin, Texas.   He picked up a 35mm camera in the mid-1970's and has never stopped sharing his unique vision via photographic images.   Many moons ago, he was bitten hard by the wanderlust beast and has been canvassing the globe ever since.   Visionary artists such as Pete Turner, David Lynch, Cindy Sherman, and Andre Kertesz set Skip's sight on a fine-art horizon early on.   His insatiable thirst...more
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A Porto Wine Cat Feed

November 19th, 2019

The next stop was Coimbra and a few other towns heading North. Lovely, but the usual travel stuff. First, had to find a budget place to stay, then look for some food, then look up in the guide book or maybe ask around on the street what unique things... 

I’d been in Bolivia for a couple of weeks and it was every bit as grand as I’d dreamed. Admittedly, I was very nervous about how I’d handle the high altitude there. Much of what I read about what happens to some people at high altitude was sket... 

The print version has just been released of the novella book "Absinthe Carousel" by Skip Hunt on Amazon! To keep the printing cost down, the interior is printed in black and white. The Kindle and Apple Book versions are 100% color. Also, with a p... 

Here's a brand new and fresh interview that was done recently with Exhibitions Without Walls. I hope you enjoy! :) https://exhibitionswithoutwalls.com/2019/05/27/photography-vs-creative-photography/ 

Just released my first novella book "Absinthe Carousel" for Kindle on Amazon! (print version coming soon) "An incredible true story. It was to be a three-country, backpacking adventure of making a giant circle from Portugal, Spain... up into the S... 

One of the founders of a new digital art platform called makersplace contacted me about their new site and invited me to take it for a spin. What's interesting about makersplace is that it's blockchain based and it's more focussed on the collecti... 

Solely for Art

January 6th, 2017

Messing with sound and motion imaging, etc. Trying to get back to my original love of artistic expression, and NOT concern myself with banal selling/marketing of shower curtains, coffee mugs, duvets, or "battery chargers" All images, and sound com... 

On the Road Again... In Search of Magic Mexican Mojo :) MOJO: The time I sent out a newsletter I was about to head off to Bolivia and Peru. That trip ended up being over 2 months long and was incredible. I definitely have to go back. I'd been to P... 

T-Minus 1 Day until Bolivia

September 14th, 2015

Bolivia + Peru Only been back from motorcycle touring in the Southwest for almost a month now, but I'm heading off to Bolivia next! I'll be flying into La Paz and mostly wandering around the country for about 6 weeks, give or take. I couldn't get ... 

Heading out soon. Likely sometime within the next 3 days. I'm leaving on my Honda nc700x motorcycle from Austin, Texas and have no clue where I'm going. Just wandering for about a month I think. No plan or route. No specific destinations I'm tryi... 

Over the last few weeks, I've been deleting and moving much of my work off of some print-on-demand site galleries like fineartamerica.com & pixels.com (same as the former, just a different site wrapper), redbubble.com, saatchiart.com, etc. Lots an... 

New Skip Hunt Cover Page

June 26th, 2015

I've been toying with changing the landing page for the main Skip Hunt Photo site. Have a look HERE and let me know what you think! :) 

Over the last several years, most of my work has been available via print-on-demand, and on various products. Many of them still are, but I'm reserving some images as Limited Editions and Premium Open Edition. All signed. All inspected by me personal... 

By Chance Series 14

June 1st, 2015

When happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Making it a rule that the composition has to be strong enough to stick in my memory long enough to recompose the i... 

By Chance Series 13

June 1st, 2015

When happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Making it a rule that the composition has to be strong enough to stick in my memory long enough to recompose the i... 

By Chance Series 12

June 1st, 2015

Continuation #12 of the "By Chance" Series: When happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Making it a rule that the composition has to be strong enough to sti... 

By Chance Series 11

January 9th, 2015

Continuation #11 of the "By Chance" Series: When happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Making it a rule that the composition has to be strong enough to s... 

Cocky

December 30th, 2014

The images of the South African resort were complete and I was free to roam the country in a little pickup truck provided by the client. It was part of the arrangement in lieu of a little less financial compensation for the gig, but the extra adventu... 

By Chance Series 10

December 18th, 2014

Continuation #10 of the "By Chance" Series: When happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Making it a rule that the composition has to be strong enough to stick... 

By Chance Series 9

December 18th, 2014

Continuation #9 of the "By Chance" Series: When happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Making it a rule that the composition has to be strong enough to stic... 

THE SILVER THREAD 25 years ago, Skip Hunt died in an mud Indian hut in the Oaxaca, Mexico mountains. This is his story. The Silver Thread begins with a train heading South through Copper Canyon, traveling free with no destination as you're tr... 

By Chance Series 8

December 16th, 2014

Continuation #8 of the "By Chance" Series: New rule for myself with regard to this new series. When happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Making it a rule ... 

By Chance Series 7

December 10th, 2014

Continuation #7 of the "By Chance" Series: New rule for myself with regard to this new series. When listening to music, or just happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to ref... 

By Chance Series 6

December 10th, 2014

Continuation #6 of the "By Chance" Series: New rule for myself with regard to this new series. When listening to music, or just happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to ref... 

By Chance Series 5

December 10th, 2014

New rule for myself with regard to this new series. When listening to music, or just happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Instead, I'm making it a rule that the... 

By Chance Series 4

December 10th, 2014

I've added a new rule for myself with regard to this new series. When listening to music, or just happening past the display by chance and catching a nice composition of images, I'm tempted to take a quick snap to reference. Instead, I'm making it... 

By Chance Series 3

December 10th, 2014

Continuation #3 of the "By Chance" Series: AppleTV hooked up to main display, and the screensaver is set to randomly pull images from my 1750+ image Flickr account. The screensaver setting is "origami" and either displays one image on the screen o... 

By Chance Series 2

December 10th, 2014

Continuation of my new "By Chance" Series: At home, I've got an AppleTV hooked up to our main display, and the screensaver is set to randomly pull images from the 1750+ images from my Flickr account. The screensaver setting is the "origami" one th... 

New Series called By Chance

December 10th, 2014

At home, I've got an AppleTV hooked up to our main display, and the screensaver is set to randomly pull images from the 1750+ images from my Flickr account. The screensaver setting is the "origami" one that either displays one image on the screen or ... 

On paper, it seemed like a good idea. I’d take the ferry over from the port in Cancun, Mexico to Isla Mujeres, start off at one end of the island and spend the whole day just meandering the entire shoreline to the opposite end while while making casu... 

Back home in Austin, Texas there was a rare, intense winter storm going on that locals were calling a “Snowpocalypse” and everyone seemed to be freaking out. By sheer luck, I’d just happened to have decided at the last minute to catch a flight to the... 

No Fear Jalopy in Mexico City

December 3rd, 2014

This one goes way back. I honestly don’t recall for sure, but I’m thinking close to 20 years ago in Mexico City. It reminds me of likely one of the first times I was traveling in a country I wasn’t familiar with… where I didn’t speak the language... 

Made this one around 2009 while on a motorcycle journey through the Southwest and ended up stopping at the Pacific before looping back toward Texas. Had seen the Chiricahua Mountains Park on the map and basically decided to camp there because the nam... 

There’s a gem of a little town just outside of Medellin, Colombia called Guatape. I knew nothing of this place at all, but had heard that the area was a favorite leisure area for the famed cocaine drug-kingpin, Pablo Escobar. Not that I’m into famous... 

When I made this one, I was on a motorcycle trip in Louisiana. I told a friend that I wanted to explore a little of Northeast, Texas, then wander around Mississippi, and into Louisiana. I told him that my “vision quest” was firmly focussed on loc... 

Nephilim in Salento, Colombia

December 3rd, 2014

Made this image a couple of years ago in Colombia. This spot is actually on a fairly long hike outside of Selento in the rich coffee growing region. You ride in the back of a small truck with others like a rustic taxi. They let you off in this other ... 

Cat Feed in Porto, Portugal

December 3rd, 2014

Ok, this one is definitely one of my personal, all-time favorite memories. And to be honest, the image has more to do with dumb luck than anything else. I was in Porto, Portugal at the time. As some know, I enjoy a little vino sometimes, and ... 

This one "The Birds" was actually displayed in the Smithsonian castle in Washington, D.C. for several months and now part of their archives. :) They requested I write something about the image, and this is what I sent them: I was photograph... 

Made this one in 2001. It was just after the attacks on the U.S. and a very strange time to be traveling. The tickets had already been purchased and I’d dreamed of this India trip for years. I was going an there was no way something as insignificant ... 

There's a personal existential crisis this image reminds me of. It was made just this last Summer in Orchard, Nebraska during a particularly intense stretch of day that whipped the land with baseball-size hail and rare gigantic tornados. One that eve... 

Heading Back to Mexico

June 24th, 2011

Heading to Mexico in a couple of days. Not going on the motorcycle this time, but flying to the furthest airport from Austin, and then wandering my way back up North in which way I can. Most likely by bus. I'm excited to be heading back to the Yucata... 

In Jan/Feb of 2011, I traveled in Mexico for a month. Each place I went I made a short stop-motion video clip with an iPhone 4. This video virtually compresses the whole month-long journey down to about 5 minutes. Check out more of Skip's Mexcio ... 

Announcing Twenty Twenty

March 12th, 2011

I've started something new. Every now and then I'm going to publish a new issue of a magazine/photobook that I'm calling "Skip Hunt 20/20". These are perfect bound, beautifully printed via HP's Indigo presses on great paper stock... 20 pages with 20 ... 

Well, it’s official! I’m proud to announce that soon, I will be able to say my work is hanging in the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall in Washington D.C. This image was selected to hang in the “Editors’ Picks: The Best of Smithsonian Magazi... 

Are you looking for that special unique gift? If the idea of just heading out with no particular plan and exploring the majestic beauty of the American Southwest on a motorcycle gets your heart pumpin', then look no further! Written in an "On the ... 

Special Holiday SALE

December 9th, 2010

Happy Holidays Everyone! I'm offering a very special discount code that is good until 11:59PM DEC13th 2010. For this sale I've put three sizes (sm/med/lg) on-sale of any image in my 801 image inventory. You can use the following code to g... 

Austin 2 Albuquerque

June 21st, 2010

Made it from Austin to Albuquerque via the Lincoln National Forest, etc. on a motorcycle. Here's an excerpt: Or, it could be times have changed and life’s just a bit more raw around the edges these days. I think I’ll try to concentrate and se... 

dharamsala RED

June 13th, 2010

Sitting in a small Tibetan cafe in Dharamsala, India (home of the Dalai Lama's government in exhile), I chatted up with a young Tibetan monk over chai. He asked, "How do you know what to take a photo of, and what not?.. How do you know when there is ... 

John and Yoko 2000

June 11th, 2010

At last a rusty 3rd class Bluebird bus arrived in a cloud of fine dry dust. Not too many passengers except a dusty dred-coiffed couple. The young fella looked as if he might be Mexican, but his companion was Japanese. I generally avoid these types be... 

Plaza Shine

June 11th, 2010

Like a swift subway blast of subterranean wind, I was carried around the corner. Into the plaza I wandered and tried to get a grip on what might have happened. After a brief dizzy sensation that I'd blamed on the hot afternoon vapors, it was as if I'... 

Wander About Wandering

June 11th, 2010

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Away

June 11th, 2010

When the vino has lost its taste... When, the rage as dissolved into apathy... When everyone wears the same mask... When you can no longer see the dying flicker of pinpoint light at the end... When the temple has beome just another stone-c... 

Like Butter

June 11th, 2010

All I knew was that the place felt like home. Mystically alien, but with a warmth I knew not from this world. The gentle light, the whispering mountaintops, the rustling of prayer flags.... I was in a enrapt with every detail and fragrance.... I only... 

Decasia

June 9th, 2010

I was just re-watching the film called "Decasia" again this evening and realized how much the beauty of decay as influenced me. Perhaps not so much the decay itself, but more that acceptance that EVERYTHING as well as ourselves is in a state of decay... 

Skip Hunt Particles RECEPTION

November 24th, 2009

This show was up at Thunderbird Cafe in a different form. This time the display has changed into more of an "installation" using thin wooden dowels and tiny wooden clothespins. "For this show I wanted to play around a bit and experiment with abstr... 

Making a Family Home

November 23rd, 2009

Here's a few of my favs from a recent shoot for Shannon Honeybloom's "Making a Family Home" book. It's a very interesting study that's sort of like Deepak Chopra meets Martha Stewart. It's out now and you can be ordered HERE Also, check ... 

Hey there, My new book is hot off the presses at Blurb! Take a sneak peek and place your order if you're so inclined... It took me awhile, but I finally put together a book of my Skip Hunt Vagabond :: MEXICO 2009 Trip! Cost is a bit steep on... 

New Interview Pt. 2

June 16th, 2009

Hi, Just discovered Home Workshop added a part 2 to my previous interview. If interested, you can read it HERE! :-) 

Buzzing along in 117F Baja temps and in a road trance heading into the darkest storm clouds you've even seen... listening to Hank Williams Sr. on your headphones and floating along the scorching blacktop... wondering why THIS isn't the music they pla... 

Xilitla Miro

June 11th, 2009

So, I'd hobbled my way down this endless cobbled road... just kept going until I ran out of cobblestones, then kept right on going into the dripping balm jungle... downward still through the forest and wiping away sweat beads forming constantly and r... 

Mirror Man

June 10th, 2009

I really didn't feel up to going to the flea market that day... It wasn't just the record-breaking heat, or the sweltering balm.. but that the light was glaring and oppressive in the way it washed out all the texture, color, and life. Still... out... 

Heavens Gate

June 9th, 2009

Deceived by heaven’s promise… I drifted up and away into the thin delicate seduction… Slipping sweetly into nirvana… melting within her tender embrace… tasting the forbidden light. One last dimension to pass… and then joyful oblivion. Until... 

Varanasi Symphony

June 8th, 2009

Difficult to describe the fragrance of the burning faithful... once a life... now a sinuous stream floating delicate above mother Ganga. The sandlewood dreams of a lifetime... Perfume for the living as we breath-in the misty remembrance of a preci... 

Hey, Getting ready to take off for Mexico again. New places... and some old. Am going to do things a bit different this time, ie. maybe work on a little POD book while I'm actually on the trip, etc. I've created a special travel blog I'l... 

He Cometh

June 5th, 2009

Mama look! He comes now! Wondering what the nature of the the “Big Daddy” might take, Beatrice wandered about the sandy oasis and closed her innocent eyes for a moment. She tasted the saline air, and felt the breeze tickle gently as her sun dress... 

Release

June 4th, 2009

Drowning in a river of white noise and feeling my very self crushed by the monstrocities of stone. I disappear into the veneer of my illusory shell and trudge along, looking for hints that one day the mystery might be revealed. Then... I sense ... 

Devotion

June 3rd, 2009

Clutching one another, they endured the chilly desert night.. passion's noonday fire... thrashing demon wind... Their devotion was tested as all will know... They'll now bask in brother Sol's warm cradle and dance in sister Luna's loving glow..... 

Tussling Terrain

June 2nd, 2009

Fuchsia finally had a moment to herself away from the other inhabitants. She knew she could grow to love this strange and watery outpost… Abundance knew she would just die as soon as he could show her how the indigenous emulants walked on their p... 

Free-Range

June 1st, 2009

Red had worked the edge sector for some time. He wondered if the slightest vibrations of passing vehicular monstrosities might in fact be the key, and he soon deduced that eventually he might just rattle himself free from the blackened industrial aby... 

Slow Day

May 27th, 2009

My only desire was to stroll along the ghats to soak up the sound, textures and light... I wasn't up for a massage... I wasn't shopping for a sari... nor did I need anymore silver charm anklets... Just wanted to "be" as they say... But, ALL of those ... 

Shepherd

May 26th, 2009

She shivered and gasped as he held her close... "I'm here. Don't be afraid..." Her damp chilly frame fought for final moments. Just one more... He pulled her delicate and closer to share his warmth as she shriveled in her final moments. "My lov... 

Paradise Lost

May 23rd, 2009

The concession stand is now closed... And with it, the thin veneer of playtime innocence. Long for the cotton candy days... spun from sticky blue skys and icecream bunny clouds. Pandemonium's boorish box has taken the last vestiges of deception a... 

Past Perfect Porto

May 20th, 2009

Winding slowly through the misty vineyards of Northern Portugal I watch my immediate tear-stained past reform into melancholy memory... The softening time passages dissolve into rich rustic regret... I know not where I go, but glare into the f... 

Buddhas Smile

May 19th, 2009

I'd taken several shots of this little fella in Darjeeling, India. It was a bit strange because I'd been told photos were prohibitted and yet this little group of young monks allowed me to take any photo I wished and even let me into the forbidden La... 

Waiting for Anitgua

May 18th, 2009

Ruined, I wait for redemption… Crumbled, holding tight as it had always been… Shattered, to realize as it had been, and can be no more… Seeing the past as the present… Tangible as grasping a mystic reflection. With all your ALL, you only make ripp... 

Forest de Compostella

May 17th, 2009

For such a popular Catholic pilgrimage site, there's something very odd about Santiago's nearby dim forest. If you can't feel it, you're almost certainly no longer among the living. Deep emerald shadows with knarled black fingers intertwined and shie... 

Jaisalmer Refuge

May 15th, 2009

My driver had advised I not tell anyone I was American. The U.S. was about to begin bombing Afghanistan, and the Rajasthani city was only 50 clicks from the Pakastani border and had a large Muslim community. Mr. Balbir, pleaded with me…”The Ambassado... 

Perfume River

May 14th, 2009

I snapped this on an trip out of Ha Noi, Viet Nam to Ha Long bay. If you’re ever in Ha Noi, I HIGHLY recommend seeing Ha Long Bay. It’s very surreal and full of large white limestone islands jutting out of turquoise water… but I digress…. Along the w... 

Shamans Brew

May 11th, 2009

Although a dozen copas of Mate de Coca got me through severe headache and malaise, the Peruvian altitude had nearly sucked the life out of me and I decided the Amazonian steam might better suite my constitution. I'd read of William Burrough's Ayah... 

Artista de Orizaba

April 16th, 2009

This was taken in Orizaba, Mexico... of a simple painter who paints the side of this building with abstract colors... then just stands by it each day. When I asked him permission to photograph him and his art, he seemed quite surprised and honored... 

Fresh Skip Hunt Interviews

April 5th, 2009

Just finished a fresh interview & included a previous interview for RedBubble: Interview with Skip Hunt for 1stAngel: Click Here Interview with Skip Hunt for RedBubble: Click Here Skip Hunt Austin, Texas http://skiphunt.carbonmade.com ... 

Hi, Got a fresh interview at RedBubble: Skip Hunt Interview Well... mostly fresh... ;-) Valley of Life Into a brutal harsh desert we are born. Alone. Sentenced to wander golden dunes of time in search of meaning. ... 

Good news, and just in time for the holidays! I've just completed 12 brand spankin' new calendars for 2009. Each edition focuses on a different theme: 1. Skip Hunt Photography ~ The Best of Guatemala 2. Skip... 

Hey Everybody, Great news! I just secured a sitar player for the reception. It was looking grim, but I finally found a great one! His name is Chris Corsbie and you can here his work HERE. (http://www.myspace.com/chriscorsbie ) Also, if you'... 

September Shows, etc.

September 4th, 2008

Hey Everybody! Sorry, I haven't had an update in awhile. Been busy stopping smoking, etc. At 18 days so far!!! Woo-Hoo!!! Cold Turkey baby! And a big thanks for the patience to anyone who's had the great misfortune of having to interface with me o... 

Daily Snapz

August 15th, 2008

Hey, I finally got my freakin' POS iphone working right. I'm on my third replacement in a week. But now I have it working... I downloaded this little app that lets me take snapz and upload them to a simple blog on the spot. So, I've started takin... 

Road Trip 3

August 6th, 2008

Can't swing another long trip at the moment, so I headed out to N.E. Texas with my new Nikon d300 to try and learn and to see what sort of place is called "Uncertain, Texas". Went with Mike, a friend of mine. He endured one of my Mexican trips with m... 

Back Again 2

August 4th, 2008

A few more pix from my recent road trip:  

Road Trip Back Again

August 3rd, 2008

Hey everybody! I'm back from Uncertain, Texas.. HOOOOT and TONS of mosquitos... lost a little money in Shreveport, Louisiana casinos.... toured some of Louisiana, and back into Texas stopping and camping along the way and shooting fresh images. Gr... 

Road Trip

July 27th, 2008

Dang it! When I think of all the time I spend online lately... gotta kick my ass out the door. I can't really take a long trip right now because I'm involved in a small product launch and don't want it to proceed too much further without me. So, I've... 

Numero Uno

July 22nd, 2008

Here's my first entry. "Is this thing on?" Have a show up and getting ready for another one in September... though I have no idea what I'm going to do. Probably a best of collection from my last Mexican motorcycle trip. Man, I wish I could get ba...