Dirt road seen through a stone tunnel opening in Big Bend National Park

terlingua, texas · since forever

tony drewry

fotographer of the trans-pecos. also a musician, a fireman, a river guide, and whoever else the day needs. mostly out where the pavement quits.

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Dirt road framed by the mouth of a stone tunnel in Big Bend

2019 · brewster county, texas / coahuila, mexico

big bend, tx/mx

the border here is a river you can wade across. mostly it is a long, hot, patient country that rewards anybody willing to sit still until the light turns over.

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Family posed together on their front porch

2020 · front porches, texas

#drive-by porchraits

spring of 2020. nobody could come inside, so we stayed on the sidewalk and made pictures of families on their own porches. one roll, one street at a time.

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Red canoe pulled up on a sandbar inside a canyon

ongoing · rio grande, santa elena to boquillas

river days

shot between strokes. twenty years of guiding and the canyon still hands over something new every trip down.

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many lives

fotographer

twenty-odd years of making pictures in the trans-pecos — landscape, porches, gallery shows, whatever the light offers.

musician

guitar, songs, and whatever the room needs. desert bars, back porches, and the odd festival stage.

fireman

volunteer fire and rescue. long nights, big country, small crew, no complaints.

river guide

santa elena, mariscal, boquillas. canoes and rafts on the rio grande, all seasons.

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Poster for a Tony Drewry photography show, No Pasa Nada

tales from the road · june 2024

the impossible tahoe turn & burn

sixteen hundred miles each way, one gig, four days, and a truck that only overheats going uphill.

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