In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast: why I love shooting abandoned places, with a brief discussion of some of my favorite locations to find abandoned buildings, and how I research the histories of abandoned houses and storefronts. My new eBook: "The Wheeling Portfolio" https://keithdotson.com/pages/books My photographs of abandoned places: https://keithdotson.com/collections/abandoned-places Help support the podcast: Make a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/keithdotson Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/keithdotson Buy a fine art print: https://keithdotson.com Buy a copy of my book: https://amzn.to/3jFnxqv Follow my blog: https://icatchshadows.com/ My Gear:* Sony A7RIV: https://amzn.to/3yd8t75 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Lens: https://amzn.to/3klmpqT Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Lens: https://amzn.to/3myOddU Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM: https://amzn.to/3kmqhrx Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS: https://amzn.to/3gwGoBD Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro: https://amzn.to/3BdGdmT Sigma Mount Converter MC-11 for Sigma Mounts to Sony E Cameras: https://amzn.to/3jcu2Aj Video Gear: DJI Osmo Action Camera: https://amzn.to/3Dg4iuP Røde Video Micro: https://amzn.to/3zgRemO *Contains Amazon Affiliate links. I may earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

Keith Dotson: Fine Art Photography

Why I Love Photographing Abandoned Places

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, a field recording: the sounds of hiking to make landscape photographs deep in the primordial forests of Eastern Kentucky. See my black and white photographs from this day on my Shadows and Light Blog here. Help support the podcast: Make a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/keithdotson Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/keithdotson Buy a fine art print: https://keithdotson.com Buy a copy of my book: https://amzn.to/3jFnxqv My Gear:* Sony A7RIV: https://amzn.to/3yd8t75 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Lens: https://amzn.to/3klmpqT Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Lens: https://amzn.to/3myOddU Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM: https://amzn.to/3kmqhrx Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS: https://amzn.to/3gwGoBD Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro: https://amzn.to/3BdGdmT Sigma Mount Converter MC-11 for Sigma Mounts to Sony E Cameras: https://amzn.to/3jcu2Aj Video: DJI Osmo Action Camera: https://amzn.to/3Dg4iuP Røde Video Micro: https://amzn.to/3zgRemO *Contains Amazon Affiliate links. I may earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

Field Recording: Landscape Photography at a Waterfall Deep in the Appalachian Mountains

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, I'll tell you how the new movie, The Tragedy of MacBeth, was filmed in black and white, with a comparison to another recent black and white film, The Lighthouse. Check out my photography blog here: icatchhadows.com Make a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/keithdotson Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/keithdotson Buy a fine art print: https://keithdotson.com Buy a copy of my book: https://amzn.to/3jFnxqv (Amazon affiliate link) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' Joel Coen's New Black and White Movie: Is it Film or Digital?

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography Podcast, I'll tell you what it's like to visit one of the world's preeminent photography museums. George Eastman Museum: eastman.org Check out my photography blog here: icatchhadows.com Make a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/keithdotson Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/keithdotson Buy a fine art print: https://keithdotson.com Buy a copy of my book: https://amzn.to/3jFnxqv (Amazon affiliate link) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

A Visit to George Eastman Museum: One of the World's Great Photography Museums

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast, we examine more new data on how high-end art collectors are buying art in 2021, and we learn from the example of a real world collector -- the rapper, record producer, and businessman Swiss Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Dean). Dean talks about buying photographs from Ansel Adams and Gordon Parks, and how he got into art collecting at age 19. Listen to the Swiss Beatz interview from Art Basel Read the Artsy survey results: "Art Collecting 2021: An Artsy Report" Check out my photography blog here: icatchhadows.com Make a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/keithdotson Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/keithdotson Buy a fine art print: https://keithdotson.com Buy a copy of my book: https://amzn.to/3jFnxqv (Amazon affiliate link) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

What Motivates High-End Art Collectors? Swiss Beatz On Buying an Ansel Adams Photograph and More

In this episode of The Fine Art Photography podcast, we discuss the excitement and mystery of visiting and shooting abandoned places. In this case, we talk about the abandoned community at Hushpuckena, Mississippi, with a description of the scene, and a little history. My book of abandoned places: Unloved and Forgotten: Fine Art Photographs of Abandoned Places by Keith Dotson, 2019 This Petty Place, about life in the Mississippi Delta by Robert C. Tibbs II YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3O7r4r9AHo&ab_channel=KeithDotsonPhotography Sources Find a Grave: Robert Clinton Tibbs Find a Grave: Susan Minerva Norman Tibbs Find a Grave: Eugene Edward Tibbs Legacy.com: Dr. Eugene Edward Tibbs Suzassippi’s Lottabusha County Chronicles: Hushpuckena on old highway 61 Urban Decay: “The Mississippi Delta 9: Hushpuckena and Shelby” NOTE: This description contains Amazon Affiliate links. I may earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

Abandoned Places Photography: Hushpuckena

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast, we talk about the landscape work of New Orleans-based photographer Frank Relle, who owns an art gallery on Royal Street, and has a habit of standing in dark swamp waters late at night surrounded by gators. But the results are spectacular. Sources CBS News: Frank Relle on his work, photography methods and his "happy place" March 13, 2021 Via NOLA Vie: Artists in Their Own Words: Frank Relle April 29, 2016 FrankRelle.com: Dowd. Help support my efforts: Make a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/keithdotson Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/keithdotson Buy a fine art print: https://keithdotson.com Buy a copy of my book: https://amzn.to/3jFnxqv (Amazon affiliate link) My photographs of Rodney Ghost Town: https://keithdotson.com/collections/rodney-ghost-town --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

Frank Relle: Shooting Chest Deep in Alligator Swamps at Night

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast, we talk about the landscape work of New Orleans-based photographer Frank Relle, who owns an art gallery on Royal Street, and has a habit of standing in dark swamp waters late at night surrounded by gators. But the results are spectacular. Sources CBS News: Frank Relle on his work, photography methods and his "happy place" March 13, 2021 Via NOLA Vie: Artists in Their Own Words: Frank Relle April 29, 2016 FrankRelle.com: Dowd. Help support my efforts: Make a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/keithdotson Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/keithdotson Buy a fine art print: https://keithdotson.com Buy a copy of my book: https://amzn.to/3jFnxqv (Amazon affiliate link) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

In this episode of the Fine Art Photography podcast, I explain why I find Emmett Gowin's photographs of his wife surrounded by moths in flight so magical. The Fine Art Photography Podcast: My blog with full episode transcripts and links. Links and Sources Edith and Moth Flight, 2002 (frontal version) https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1153936/edith-and-moth-flight-photograph-gowin-emmet/ Edith and Moth Flight, 2002 https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.157911.html Mariposas Nocturnas: Moths of Central and South America, A Study in Beauty and Diversity Hardcover, 2017 by Emmet Gowin https://amzn.to/3vMit6a Danville Register and Bee, "Photographer, wife to be inducted into Danville Hall of Fame", Vicky Cruz, Jul 16, 2015 https://godanriver.com/entertainment_lifestyles/photographer-wife-to-be-inducted-into-danville-hall-of-fame/article_b85f4f74-2c11-11e5-bd84-7317936ec06f.html The New Yorker, "The Most Intimate Photograph" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-most-intimate-photograph The Modern Art Notes Podcast by Tyler Green, Episode No. 307 https://manpodcast.com/portfolio/no-307-emmet-gowin/ Metalocus, "Discovering Emmett Gowin, 2013 https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/discovering-emmet-gowin Southern Cultures, "Signs of Return" https://www.southerncultures.org/article/signs-of-return/ Contains an Amazon Affiliate link. I may earn a small commission on qualifying sales. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keith-dotson/support

Emmett Gowin's Photographs of His Wife Surrounded by Moths in Flight

Thoughts, ideas, and commentary on the art of photography by Nashville-based professional fine art photographer Keith Dotson. In addition to photography, this podcast may include discussions of the outdoors, history, travel, and environmental issues -- all related to the creation of photographs.

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