Jim Stringer playing with Roger Wallace. White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic and flashbulb on Fomapan 400 hand cut to 3×4.
Stringer on Strings
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Mellowed Out
The Mellows, Sagebrush Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic with flashbulb on Fomapan 400 pushed to 3200.
Mellow Keys
The Mellows, Sagebrush, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic (no flash) on hand cut 3×4 Fomapan 400 pushed to 3200.
We’re all a little damaged.
Bakersfield, TX, White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic with flashbulb on hand cut 3×4 Ilford HP5plus (damaged in processing).
Slick Willie
Willie Pipkin on guitar with Tom Lewis on drums, White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2023. Hasselblad 500EL with flashbulb on Fomapan 400.
Red Hot Rachel
Little Rachel at the White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic with flashbulb on hand cut 3×4 Ilford HP5 Plus pushed to 3200.
Keep on Tuckin’
Hailey Tuck at Tweedy’s Bar, Austin, Tex. 2023. Hasselblad 500EL with flashbulb on Fomapan 400
Darci Does Austin
Darci Carlson at the White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2023. Hasselblad 500EL with flashbulb on Fomapan 400.
Whiskey Bent
Jake Penrod, (plus Tom Lewis and Randy Lindley) performing Hank Williams, Jr with Western Fidelity, Sam’s Town Point, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic with flashbulb on Fomapan 400 pushed to 800.
Soul City
Southern Culture on the Skids, Continental Club, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic with flashbulb on hand cut 3×4 Fomapan Action 400 pushed to 1600.
Liquored Up & Lacquered Down
Mary Huff, Southern Culture on the Skids, Continental Club, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Speed Graphic with flashbulb on hand cut 3×4 Fomapan Action 400 pushed to 1600.
Workin In A Coal Mine
Brennen Leigh, Summer Dean, Teri Joyce, Janet Lynn and Devin Jake, Loretta Lynn Hillbilly Hoedown and Pie Social, Continental Club, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic with flashbulb on hand cut 3×4 Foma Action 400.
You’re Lookin’ At Country
Devin Jake at the Loretta Lynn Hillbilly Hoedown and Pie Social, Continental Club, Austin, Tex. 2023. Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic with flashbulb on hand cut 3×4 film.
The Madman
Oliver Steck sitting in at Sam’s Town Point, Austin, Tex. 2022. Hasselblad 500EL and Flashbulb.
It’s Biller Time
Dave Biller at the White Horse, Austin Tex. 2022. Hasselblad 500EL with flashbulb on Kodak Ektachrome 100.
A Randy Fella
Randy Lindley, Western Fidelity, Sam’s Town Point, Austin, Tex. 2022. Hasselbald EL with flashbulb.
Hawaiian Sunrise
Sunrise over Diamondhead, Honolulu, Hawaii. December 2021. Hasselblad EL on Kodak Portra 800 (pushed 2 stops).
Mozz Def
Mozzy Dee Fuentes at Sam’s Town Point, Austin, Tex. October 2022. Hasselblad EL with flashbulb on Kodak Porta 800.
Steeling the Show
James Shelton, The White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2021. Hasselblad EL with flashbulb.
Tjarknado
Tjarko Jeen with the Modern Don Juans, White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2021. Hasselblad 500 EL with flashbulb.
Ebony and Ivory
Big Finish
Sorely
Jeremy Slemenda, The Saddle Sores. White Horse, Austin, Tex. 2021. Hasselblad EL with flashbulb on Velvia 100
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Fairbanks, Tex.
Beth Chrisman at the Sagebrush, Austin, Texas. 2021. Hasselblad EL with flashbulb.
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Return of the Longhorn
Johnny McGowan at the Little Longhorn Saloon, Austin, Tex. 2021. Hasselblad 500 EL with flashbulb on Ektachrome 100
The Return of the Tyrant
Mike Barfield, the Tyrant of Texas Funk, Sagebrush Austin, 2020. Hasselblad 500EL on Kodak TMax 400 with flashbulb.
Last Lone Star on the Right
The Rock-a-billy Filly
Rosie Flores at Skinny Dennis, Brooklyn, NYC, 2019. Autographed print from Polaroid 100 Automatic Land Camera with flashbulb.
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Solo Show: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, & Loud, Loud Music
To quote Waylon Jennings, “the honky tonks of Texas were my natural second home…” and that is where I found the open arms of a universe the rest of the world seemed to have left behind. Traditional honkytonk music in the same vein as Hank Williams and Johnny Horton was still being played in rundown little beer joints by dedicated musicians, both newcomers with a passion, and the slowly disappearing crop of older musicians who were once stars in their day. Along with the music came the people who listened, danced, drank, and lived the same lifestyle, as if time had stood still. The honkytonk music and bar scene doesn’t change much wherever you go, whether its the Little Longhorn Saloon in Austin, Texas, or Skinny Dennis in Brooklyn, but it does fly under the radar of the regular world, and that is what I wanted to document when I started capturing it. These were all shot on film on vintage cameras and flashbulbs, which I feel contributes to the timeless feel of the images.
– Chad Schaefer
This is my first ever solo show, consisting of ten selected photographs from 2007-2018, taken in Austin, Texas, and New York City.
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, & Loud, Loud Music
photographs by Chad Schaefer
May 8-June 1, 2019
Opening reception Tuesday May 7, 2019
6-8pm
Soho Photo Gallery
15 White Street
New York, NY 10013
Photos include images of musicians
Roger Wallace
Brad Fordham
Teri Joyce and the Tagalongs
Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co.
Shannon Marino
Seth Kessel
Bear McCreadie
Suzette Sundae & the Lovelifes
and were taken at
Otto’s Shrunken Head
The Little Longhorn Saloon
The White Horse
Skinny Dennis
The Poodle Dog Lounge
Diviera Drive
I would like to extend my sincerest thanks and love to all the musicians and venues who have filled my world with this amazing music and made all this possible.
Chop Shot
Mike “Chops” LaConte of the Lustre Kings, taking a drink on the bar, Skinny Dennis, Brooklyn, 2019. Hasselblad 500 ELM on Foma 400 with flashbulb.
