story behind the photograph Archives

Photography as Architectural Preservation: The Old Almeda Theatre in Houston

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson presses his point that photographs of abandoned buildings are a form of architectural preservation, with a rare color photograph of a demolished Houston movie theatre.

Video: 1950s Plymouth Crashed Against a Tree in the Forest

In this video, fine art photographer Keith Dotson takes us along on a second visit to a mysterious old car that was crashed into a tree on a hillside in the forest decades ago.

Who Were Bell, Barker, and Jennings? (From an Old Sign in Lynchburg, Virginia)

Fine art photographer researched an old sign he shot in Lynchburg, Virginia. Who were Bell, Barker, and Jennings?

How I Shot These Dead Flower Macro Photographs

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson gives a behind-the-scenes look at how he shot these backlit dead flower blossoms.

About Benjamin Lochman, Portrait Photographer from Allentown, PA

A brief biography of photographer Benjamin Lochner, who operated a portrait studio in Allentown, PA in the 1800s. His photographs can be found across the Internet, and in antique stores.

The story behind the big fading ghost ad for Niolon’s Coffee in Meridian, Mississippi

Howard Vance Collum painted the landmark wall ad for Niolon's Coffee in Meridian, Mississippi. It's now a barely-legible ghost sign.

What goes into a fine art photograph?

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson demonstrates the full backstory of one of his prints

The story behind the photograph: Skip’s Barber and Beauty Shoppe in Arkansas

The story of Luther ‘Skip’ Skipworth and the Berryville, Arkansas barbershop that still carries his …

Searching for Iva Carter: a young woman’s personal notes from 1921 found in an old textbook

Handwritten notes by Texas schoolgirl Iva Carter make this tattered old textbook a true and …