Noelle Huser looks up from a bathtub filled with black water during a promotional shoot for Headband The Band in Missoula, Montana, Aug. 20, 2019.

Full Circle Vintage Owner and boot-finder Joey Medina in his Lockhart shop, June 30, 2023. Medina travels across Texas and the United States collecting vintage cowboy boots to repair and resell, giving them a second life and preserving Texas history. “When I find an old vintage pair of boots, I always have the idea and the thought, ‘If only boots could tell a story,’” said Medina. “With all the distressing and the wear, I just wonder what happened.”

Emmanuel Pop Ba's wife, Domitilla Caal Pop speaks about him at the family's home in North Austin, Dec. 7, 2023. Emmanuel Pop Ba was shot and killed on Dec. 5, one of six deaths in a shooting rampage that took place in Austin and San Antonio.

Edric Tiamzon at the Mobash Skate Park in Missoula, Montana, Sept. 9, 2019. Tiamzon came to school at UM knowing that the skate culture in Missoula would help him grow as a skater.

Mason Page, Round Rock High School Track, May 15, 2024. Photographed for the Austin American-Statesman's Face off the Field series.

"Wild" podcast host Chris Morgan with ten-month old Karelian Bear Dog puppy, Traveler, at the Wind River Bear Institute in Florence, Montana, Oct. 19, 2019. The Bear Dogs are used to deter bears from interacting with humans, keeping both bears and humans safe.

Conjunto music legend and life-long Austinite Johnny Degollado, known as “El Montopolis Kid,” sips his coffee at Joe’s Bakery in Austin, April 30, 2024. Degollado spent many years in Austin organizing and performing his music at festivals and celebrations, including Cinco De Mayo celebrations.

Jamari Wilson, Crockett High School, Aug. 2, 2023. Photographed for the Austin American-Statesman's Face off the Field series.

University of Montana student Claire Shinner sits in the grass on Mount Sentinel above the campus, Oct. 1, 2019.

Julissa Vasquez, Hays High School Softball, May 15, 2024. Photographed for the Austin American-Statesman's Face off the Field series.

University of Montana MFA candidate Stephanie Dishno runs her fingers over the small cracks in her piece "A Memoir." Dishno filled the cracks in her over-sized ceramic busts in with gold leaf, to emphasize the imperfections.

The Fertile Crescent Trombonist Mitchell Bailey plays in the backyard of his home in Missoula, Montana, Aug. 28, 2023.

Brad Harthun tailgates outside of Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Sept. 1, 2018, ahead of the Montana Grizzlies' game against the University Northern Iowa Harthun has not missed a Griz game in 15 years.

Kate Brainerd runs across the beach in Bandon, Oregon, Sept. 19, 2021.