What Actually Happens At SXSW

According to a 17-year-old photographer.

Photographer Ethan Holland
March 24, 2017

Ethan Holland, a 17-year-old photographer from New Jersey, spent the week at the FADER FORT in Austin earlier this month. "I tried to intimately capture moments that show how the FORT really felt — the fun and joy of the event," he said. Here's what he made.

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What Actually Happens At SXSW Toosi and SheLovesMeechie   Ethan Holland
What Actually Happens At SXSW Tommy Genesis   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW DJ Esco   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW DJ Esco and Southside   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW D.R.A.M.   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW Lil Yachty   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW DJ Jay Sremm, Swae Lee, SheLovesMeechie, Toosi, Bobo Swae, and friends   Ethan Holland
What Actually Happens At SXSW 2 Chainz   Ethan Holland
What Actually Happens At SXSW Mase   Ethan Holland
What Actually Happens At SXSW Playboi Carti and Lil Yachty   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW Young M.A and Ebro Darden   Ethan Holland
What Actually Happens At SXSW Playboi Carti   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW FADER staff   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW Eearz   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW 2 Chainz   Ethan Holland
What Actually Happens At SXSW FADER photographer Mary Kang   Ethan Holland
What Actually Happens At SXSW Zack Fox   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW Mike WiLL Made-It and friends   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW Jah Spice and Jxmmi   Ethan Holland
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What Actually Happens At SXSW Kyle   Ethan Holland
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