Fault Lines: Portraits of East Austin

(Hardback)

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More than 100 color and black and white photographs

The book features a foreword by Michael King, a longtime political reporter for the Austin Chronicle; essays by east Austin resident Wilhelmina Delco, Austins first African American elected official and a ten-term member of the Texas House of Representatives, and Johnny Limn, a sixty-six-year resident of east Austin and a prominent member of the neighborhoods Latino community; and an epilogue by Langmore.

A portion of the proceeds from the book with benefit Austin neighborhood non-profits

Regional Texas tour and social media campaign

Gentrification in the news, East Austin a prime example

Reviews

"John Langmore turned his lens on East Austin and discovered a rich history and community." Austin Chronicle "Langmore focuses on those old ways, rather than on the conflict between the old and new. The East Austin portrayed here is a place of street fiestas, barbershop gossip, and Sunday morning church services, not brewpubs, fancy coffee shops, and limestone-and-brushed-nickel apartment complexes. It's a snapshot of a place that, Langmore writes, 'time will render unrecognizable to future generations.'" Texas Monthly When photographer John Langmore began documenting East Austin about 13 years ago, he could hardly work fast enough to take shots of decades-old establishments before they disappeared... Since he stopped taking photos for the book about eight years ago, Langmore estimates the majority of the places he featured no longer exist or have changed due to increasing rents and property taxes. Austin American-Statesman This book is a real looker and is sure to offer some solace to anyone feeling homesick for East Austin. Austin Chronicle "A look back a decade or so at an East Austin that already was disappearing. Rivard Report In a new book of East Austin portraits, photographer John Langmore documents the neighborhoods vibrant Black and Latinx culture. Langmores candid scenes show a rapidly disappearing way of life. Texas Observer Langmore set out to capture that uniqueness on film and caught a changing community in the process. He said the development boom changed the face of the East Austin community, pushing out many families and businesses he captured there. Spectrum News Austin "Fault Lines is not angry or bitter; it's a love letter to a bygone Austin and a reminder of how complex the causes and effects of gentrification can be." Reason Magazine

Author Bio

After graduating from the University of Texas School of Law, John Langmore left Austin in 1989 for a corporate career. He returned to the city with his family in 2003 and began seriously pursuing photography. He is also civically active in Austin on matters related to urban growth. His other projects include the book Open Range: Americas Big-Outfit Cowboy and the documentary film Cowboys, which he codirected and coproduced.