“There is no doubt Texas hunters will appreciate the work of Meinzer and Chappell. When it comes to partnerships, there probably isn’t a stronger bond than the one between a hunter and his dog. What Meinzer and Chappell do with … Continue reading
Wyman Meinzer
Official Texas State Photographer
Inspiration Texas Style
Many Texans are proud of their state. The people, the places, the ideals and hearts all come together in a magnitude of pride exhibited toward the Lone Star. For many reasons, some more obvious than others, Texas holds a special … Continue reading
6666 Portrait of a Texas Ranch
The Four Sixes is not a relic, showpiece, or preserve. It’s a working cattle ranch, some 290,000 acres of West Texas prairie carefully used. Here, men still earn their livelihoods on horseback, not out of blind adherence to tradition, but … Continue reading
Between Heaven And Texas
Between heaven and Texas, there’s a sky that goes on forever. On cloudless mornings after a norther has blown through, the sky is such a perfect cobalt blue that you forget the “between” and know that heaven is Texas, or … Continue reading
Texas Hill Country
Limestone hills, cold spring-fed streams, live oaks and cedar, old German towns—the Texas Hill Country may well be the most beloved region of the state. Unlike West Texas with its dramatic expanses of plains and sky, or the eastern Piney … Continue reading
Texas Rivers
In Goodbye to a River, John Graves defined what it means to know a river—as a real place, as a landscape of memory and imagination, and as “a piece of country, [that] hunted and fished and roamed over, felt and … Continue reading
Eyes On Texas
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Windmill Tales
“Windmill Tales deftly presents these mechanical wonders as western icons… Wyman Meinzer’s images, each executed with precision and thoughtful perspective, range from grand, silhouetted landscapes to nuanced details. Every picture invites the reader to investigate further, to explore the contraption’s … Continue reading
Desert Sanctuaries: The Chinatis of the Big Bend
Explore, as few have intimately done, the Big Bend Ranch State Park and the Chinati Mountains State Natural Area. Trust Wyman Meinzer to see as no one ever has the desert sanctuaries of the vast Big Bend and to pay … Continue reading
Contemporary Ranches Of Texas
Ranching and Texas remain synonymous for people around the world, although our knowledge of ranch life more often comes from the movies than from herding cattle on the Panhandle Plains. Yet there still are Texans for whom ranching is a … Continue reading
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