Keith Dotson’s Photography Newsletter — June 2026 (The Kansas Edition)
The June 2026 edition of Keith Dotson's photography newsletter focuses on various aspects of his Kansas photography road trip.
Looking at Eight Antique Glass Plate Negatives
Fine art photographer shows off 8 antique glass plate portraits he discovered in an antique shop in Kansas
Antique Photo Analysis: In Front of the Duomo, Siena, Italy
Photographer Keith Dotson analyzes an antique photograph from his personal collection, an Edwardian-era tourist photo made at the Duomo in Siena, Italy, with additional commentary by A.I.
Detailed A.I. Analysis of an Antique Portrait of a Man Playing a Banjo
Artificial Intelligence made a surprisingly rich and fascinating analysis of this cabinet card portrait showing a man playing the banjo
Photographer Tokujiro (Henry) Motoyoshi’s 1900’s Portrait of a Fashionable Gibson Girl
In this article, we examine an antique portrait of an early 1900s Gibson Girl by San Francisco photographer Tokujiro (Henry) Motoyoshi (includes a video)
Five Interesting Vintage Vernacular Photos Found in an Antique Store
These photographs are fascinating because they are so ordinary! Vernacular photographs are ordinary -- and often spontaneous -- pictures made by amateur photographers for personal, social, or useful purposes, not intended to be fine art. They could be family snapshots, travel pictures, or sometimes work-related images.
Sixth-plate Tintype Portrait of Four Brothers
Photographer Keith Dotson Shows a Sixth-plate Tintype Portrait of Four Brothers from His Collection of Antique Photographs.
Does this Photograph Show a Group of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders?
Could this old photograph show a group of men going off to join Teddy Roosevelt's rough riders?
Ambrotype Portrait of a Young Man in a Suit with Analysis by A.I.
I used A.I. to estimate the date of this historic ambrotype portrait of a young man in a suit