About

My name's Hunter — this is my collection of 35mm film photographs of Austin's neon signs.

I lived there from 2022 to 2025 — not long, but I'd moved from Melbourne, Australia, so it meant a lot.

Photography had always interested me, but I'd never committed to it. After settling in, I picked up an Olympus OM1 from Cute Camera Co — an Austin-based vintage camera restoration shop — and started learning properly.

My early spots were the Lamar pedestrian bridge and Congress, shooting the lake and skyline around sunset. I took a lot of bad photos figuring out aperture on a manual camera — I got there eventually, but I still take plenty of bad ones to get a good one.

What I became obsessed with, though, were Austin's neon signs. The volume and variety felt unique to the city — not just bars and restaurants, but retail, bakeries, auto shops. I later learned most of it traces back to one person: Evan Voyles, aka The Neon Jungle, whose fingerprints are on nearly every sign. 

I made a list of favorites — chosen by preference, but also by the memories attached to each venue. I'd wait for low-light nights — overcast, waning moon — and head out as late as possible for the best contrast. Some signs came together in a handful of shots. Others took several nights and rolls of film.

I did this on and off for three years, posting to Instagram and eventually printing them for my walls. Friends would visit and want one for their place — and that's how this started.

I'm still uploading the full collection — each listing includes the story behind the venue and how I captured the shot.

In July 2025, I got sick and moved back to Australia. Building this store was a way to stay connected to Austin — a city that still has a big piece of my heart. If these prints do for your walls what they did for mine, that's enough for me.

Each print is made to order using premium, high-quality Pearl Metallic paper surface. The images are captured using a 35mm Olympus OM1.