Before-and-After Video of the Historic E.F. Young Jr. Hotel in Meridian, Mississippi — Now Demolished
Before-and-After Video and photographs of the Historic E.F. Young Jr. Hotel in Meridian Mississippi
Meridian Mississippi: An Abandoned Places Experience
In this video, join fine art photographer Keith Dotson as he walks and drives around the city of Meridian, Mississippi to make photographs of abandoned buildings, especially focused on the historic but condemned E.F. Young Jr. Hotel
Newbern, Alabama: Walking in the Footsteps of William Christenberry
Walk with fine art photographer Keith Dotson as he photographs ramshackle buildings in William Christenberry's footsteps in Newbern, Alabama
Ambient Audio: Sounds from a Backroads Valley in Rural Tennessee (From the Podcast)
This episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast is all about the sounds of being in the fieldWhat follows are ambient sounds from my recent backroads travels to photograph old barns and abandoned farmhouses. The sky was misty and wet. The air was still. I hope you enjoy this auditory experience.
Keith Dotson announces a new book, ‘The Wheeling Portfolio’
Based on a visit to South Wheeling, West Virginia in 2021, fine art photographer Keith Dotson offers a set of black and white photographs of the abandoned and historic architecture he found there. Dotson pairs the photographs with an extensively researched history of the city and many of the old buildings he shot in Wheeling.
Abandoned M.E. Trew General Merchandise Store: Photographs, Video, and History
Fine art photographer Keith Dotson tells the story of an old country store found along a backroad in the East Tennessee mountains
The Old Texas Longhorn Motel on Route 66 in Glenrio is Being Demolished
The derelict abandoned Texas Longhorn Motel has been put behind a chain-link fence and demolition has begun. Watch my video visit to the motel made earlier in 2022.
This is Why I Photograph Abandoned Buildings
I view the photography of abandoned buildings as a form of architectural preservation -- a memory of at-risk locations that are endangered from the threat of progress, being condemned, or collapse. Here's one that I missed.
Abandoned Enterprise Cotton Mill in Coleridge, North Carolina
Join fine art photographer Keith Dotson on location at an abandoned cotton mill in the mountains of North Carolina
History of the Stubenrauch Grocery Located at 3521 Jacob Street in Wheeling, West Virginia
History of the Stubenrauch Grocery Located at 3521 Jacob Street in Wheeling, West Virginia