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    January: Artist Darla Teagarden in her studio, or one of her studios. She has another outside. Her work is amazing.
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    July: Hip-hop artist Mama Duke. Always a pleasure to shoot folks in my community.
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    October: Austin FC vs. Real Salt Lake in the first round of the Major League Soccer Playoffs. Fans celebrate winning the penalty kicks and getting the victory. Adding soccer to my plate has been the biggest joy of my career the last two years. I started as a sports photographer, at the University of Oklahoma. I haven’t shot sports in a long time, though. I’ve been a wide-ranging photojournalist over the years. But now, I do some soccer, and man, it’s fun. Austin FC is an absolute blast to shoot. It’s almost a religious experience. With beer showers.
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    October: Austin FC vs. Real Salt Lake in the first round of the MLS Playoffs. Hero and goalie Brad Stuver takes a well-deserved victory lap after rebuffing Real Salt Lake penalty kicks for the victory.
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    August: Austin won 4-1 over their Los Angeles rivals to win the Western Conference Championship.
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    March: Cymande, a British funk group originally active in the early 1970s, plays South by Southwest 22. These young women are dancing to music being played guys in their 70s and 80s.
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    March: Milo Coy, star of Apollo 10½, Austin director Rick Linklater’s latest film.
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    January: Rap artist, promoter, and marijuana advocate J Soulja.
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    November: Pleasure Venom’s Audrey Campbell.
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    September: I’m pretty surprised to have 6 out of 10 of my Top 10 images be portraits. I’d have never thought that day would come. During COVID it was nothing but news news news. Pandemic, George Floyd, insurrectionists. News all day. But this year I did a lot of portraits. Times have changed. Music and sports and art are happening again. The photo that touches me most, though, is the story of Pam Watts (pictured here in September), who was driving with her wife, Jennifer, on a rural road outside San Marcos when her sedan was T-boned by an off-duty San Marcos police officer. The officer was drinking and driving, according to Watts. He drove his truck directly into the passenger side of her car, killing Miller immediately. The officer received a slap on the wrist. Watts has dedicated her life to getting justice for Miller’s death. The pain she feels went deep for me. A year later, she teared up whenever she spoke of her partner.

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