Tennessee Archives - Catching Shadows

Video of a rare weather phenomenon called ‘frost flowers’

Fine art photographer discovers a strange but beautiful weather phenomenon known as frost flowers, where frozen water bursts out of plant stems creating ribbons of curled ice that looks like flowers.

About the Ancient Native American Statues from Sellars Farm, Tennessee

Pair of 700-year-old statues represent real people — ancestors who have crossed into the spirit …

Between Worlds — Landscape Photography at Water’s Edge

Behind-the-scenes video of fine art photographer Keith Dotson on location at the tallest waterfall in the eastern US

Landscape Photography: Roots, Rocks, and a Waterfall

Behind-the-scenes video: Follow fine art photographer Keith Dotson on a hike to photograph a scenic …

Hiking and photographing a sunlit waterfall [Video]

Join me on a short hike to photograph the Stillhouse Hollow Waterfall in Tennessee. The bright sunlight in the forest was tricky but it's a beautiful location and I had it all to myself long enough to make a few black and white landscape photographs.

An imaginary visit inside an abandoned storefront in the South

Fine art photographer Keith Dotson offers an imaginary story based on his photo of an abandoned wooden storefront in the South.

Tina Turner’s Nutbush city is a real place

Tina Turner’s raucous ode to her hometown is loud and rowdy, unlike the quiet, sleepy …

You can tour a cave with ancient Native American cave art in Tennessee

Dunbar Cave State Park: Walk through a sacred cave with ancient Native American petroglyphs Scroll …

Help me identify this: Is it a pottery fragment or just a rock?

Is it natural or man-made? I found this object in a stream bed while hiking in middle Tennessee and thought it was just a curious piece of stone -- but i'm not really certain. What's your opinion?