— UNSEEN PLACES. UNWRITTEN STORIES —

 

An evolving documentary journey through the landscapes, people and everyday culture of Texas.

 

Texas defies simplification. It is vast not only in size, but in contradiction — stretching from arid desert landscapes to humid coastal towns, from urban metropolises to rural villages where time slows and silence reigns. Lost in Texas was born from a desire to explore this liminal space: the quiet tension between what is remembered and what is disappearing, between myth and margin.

Black and white digital photograph of a Texas Longhorn skull or living longhorn photographed from below against a bright sky in San Antonio, Texas, with one horn curving dramatically across the frame.Lost in Texas documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. San Antonio, TX, US. 2025.

 

Black and white digital photograph of Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, looking north toward the Texas State Capitol building framed by oak trees and modern office buildings on both sides of the wide boulevard, taken at dawn with minimal traffic.Documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Congress Avenue • Austin, TX, US. 2023.

 

Black and white digital photograph of an eclectic bar patio in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas, seen through a chain-link fence, featuring a Barry Manilow at San Quentin wall mural, cactus plants in ceramic pots, and outdoor seating. Documentary street photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Deep Ellum • Dallas, TX, US. 2024.

 

Black and white digital photograph of a man waiting in the park at night with illuminated lights and blurred motion visible at an amusement venue in the Houston, Texas area.Documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Houston, TX, US. 2025.

 

Black and white digital photograph of the USS Lexington aircraft carrier museum docked in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, photographed from the waterfront under dramatic overcast skies. Documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Corpus Christi Bay, TX, US. 2025.

This ongoing documentary series does not aim to define Texas — it seeks to feel it. It wanders off the main road, pauses inside corner stores, listens to windblown signs and faded façades. It captures the emotional residue of places overlooked, towns bypassed, and stories half-told. There are no icons here, no declarations. Only fragments, stillness, and subtle forms of resilience.

 

This project has no planned ending — is a long-term documentary exploration of Texas — Not because it seeks incompletion, but because Texas refuses to be resolved. Every untaken road, every town not yet reached, every missed moment is still part of the whole.

Black and white digital photograph of a weathered brick building exterior in Giddings, Texas, with a large Texas graffiti mural painted across the facade and utility poles visible in the background. Lost in Texas documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Giddings, TX, US. 2023.

 

Black and white digital photograph of cowboy boots displayed in a shop window on Washington Avenue in Navasota, Texas, with interior store fixtures and merchandise visible through the glass. Documentary street photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Washington Ave. • Navasota, TX, US. 2025.

 

Black and white 35 mm ilford HP5 plus 400 film photograph of the Sportsman Club building facade in Brownsville, Texas, a weathered commercial structure near the Mexican border with faded signage and deteriorating exterior. Documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — 35mm film. Brownsville, TX, US. 2025.

 

Black and white digital triptych photograph featuring three images from Kemah, Texas: a vintage truck detail, an aircraft or mechanical propeller close-up, and the Kemah Boardwalk waterfront signage. Lost in Texas documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Kemah, TX, US. 2025.

 

Black and white digital photograph of a flat agricultural landscape near El Campo, Texas, with a wide dramatic sky filled with layered clouds above a low horizon line and minimal foreground detail. Documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. El Campo, TX, US. 2025.

Rather than chasing completion, this work embraces the act of continuous discovery. Photography, like geography, unfolds in layers. What’s visible today may vanish tomorrow — and what lies ahead could redefine everything. This is not a series with a destination. It’s a visual journal, a document of movement and pause, grit and grace. It invites the viewer to rediscover Texas beyond the map — as a living, breathing space of contrast, silence, and unseen poetry.

Black and white digital photograph of a large painted street mural of Matt Tumlinson in San Antonio, Texas, depicting George Bush king figure in a crown and ornate costume on the exterior wall of a building. Documentary street photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. San Antonio, TX, US. 2025.

 

Black and white digital photograph of a commercial storefront in Navasota, Texas, with signage reading Online / Live Auctions visible through the window alongside merchandise displays and auction goods. Documentary street photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Washington Ave. • Navasota, TX, US. 2024.

 

Black and white 35 mm ilford HP5 plus 400 film photographs of a Ferris wheel and a dock on South Padre Island, Texas. Palm trees, beach town architecture and seagulls in the background under a cloudy sky. Documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — 35mm film. Kemah & South Padre Island, TX, US. 2025.

 

Black and white digital photograph of a large grain elevator or industrial agricultural structure silhouetted against a dramatic cloudy sky in Wharton, Texas, a small farming community in the coastal plains. Documentary photography by Chris Marinez. #somewhereinTexas #LostInTexas

Documentary Photography — Digital. Wharton, Texas, US. 2025.

 

PROJECT STATUS

Ongoing — started in 2022

 

CURRENT REGIONS

Central & Southeast Texas

Future Chapters: Northeast Texas & Rio Grande Valley

 

MEDIUM

35mm film + Polaroid + Digital

Absent Echoes | A Documentary Photography Project

STILL FIGURES, MOVING CITIES & THE SILENCE IN BETWEEN.

 

An ongoing documentary exploration of solitude within contemporary cities. Through quiet moments hidden beneath the rhythm of urban life, Absent Echoes reflects on presence, anonymity and the emotional traces we leave behind in places built to keep moving.

Absent Echoes | A Documentary Photography Project

The Other Subject | When Observation Becomes the Story

PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT ART, LOOKED AT.

A documentary project about observation itself. By shifting attention from the artwork to the people experiencing it, The Other Subject explores how art transforms those who stop long enough to truly look.

The Other Subject | When Observation Becomes the Story