A local’s view of Texas – in pictures

Texas is a mix of the old (west) and the new - from hip bands at the SXSW festival in Austin to traditional cowboy boots that are made to measure, and smokin' barbecue joints that give you a flavour of the state. Photographer Sarah Lim, currently on the road with the Guardian's Katie Rogers, gives her personal take on the Lone Star state
  
  


Texas gallery: Texas Jason Joven
San Antonio-based musician Jason Joven plays a meowsic keyboard outside of Ms P's Electric Cock food trailer in south Austin, Texas Photograph: Sarah Lim
Texas gallery: Texas SXSW festival
Street scene during the SXSW festival earlier this year in Austin, Texas. The music, indie film and technology festival draws a mixture of major artists and emerging talent. The 2014 festival takes place from 7-16 March. Photograph: Sarah Lim
Texas gallery: Texas El Paso store
Painted cow skulls line the wall at the El Paso Import Company on Montana Avenue, El Paso, where you can buy custom-made furniture and caskets Photograph: Sarah Lim
Texas gallery: Texas Salt Lick Pit
Totally smokin' … BBQ smoke pit for the restaurant, The Salt Lick, in Driftwood, Texas, which is near Austin Photograph: Sarah Lim
Texas gallery: Texas log pullers
Two competitors of the Burned Log Pull in Bastrop, Texas, rest against their truck. Trees are cut and chained to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged away and the competitor with the most logs pulled wins a cash prize Photograph: Sarah Lim
Texas gallery: Texas mechanical bull riding
In a spin … a 'contestant' takes to the saddle during mechanical bull riding in Austin, Texas Photograph: Sarah Lim
texas gallery: Texas El Paso cemetery
A welcome sign greets visitors to the Concordia Cemetery in El Paso. The historic cemetery was founded in 1800. It has featured in True West Magazine's "Best of the West" and is open to visitors all year round Photograph: Sarah Lim
texas gallery: Texas Coffee Bug
Roastin' on the go … Coffee Bug, the mobile coffee bar at the Round Top Antiques Fair, Austin, Texas Photograph: Sarah Lim
texas gallery: Texas Bootmaker shop
Showroom at the custom bootmaker shop, Rocketbusters, on South Anthony Street in El Paso. A total of nine measurements are taken for a custom boot, and the prices start from $700 Photograph: Sarah Lim
texas gallery: Texas Band Room music store
Horsing around … a musician outside the Band Room music store in Austin, Texas. The store also has branches in San Antonio and Lockhart. Photograph: Sarah Lim
 

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