Keith Dotson :: Photography

Photo of the day: Willow Basket

I love the texture of the vines so intricately woven into the structure of this basket.To see this and my other photographs, visit my Website at www.keithdotson.com.

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These vines cling to the red bricks outside the historic, castle-like Armory and Gymnasium Building (also known as the red gym) on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison, Wisconsin. In winter, their structure is exposed, aiding the almost abstract quality of this photograph.

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I love dreary, rainy or foggy days. This black and white photograph captures a deliciously dreary morning, with trees shrouded in mysterious fog. I know, I know. Fog is a photographic cliche, but it’s still so darned evocative.

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The images were taken in 1985 as we walked several kilometers from the nearest road, across the treeless tundra to the edge of Greenland’s glacier. Look closely at the last few to see the tiny human figures against the massive wall of ice. I wonder how far back it’s receded now.

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One of San Antonio’s beautiful Spanish missions, built in the 1700s, to help convert the local natives to Catholicism. The buildings are still used as churches today.

I’m not sure why I fixated on this old fence bordering a densely wooded area near Madison, but something about its texture and the waves and rhythms of its wooden verticals just fascinated me. Photographed with Olympus E-P2 and Canon FD 50mm 1.4 lens.

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Fort Keogh was begun in 1876 on the great plains of Eastern Montana, as a result of the Custer massacre. At its height, the range of the fort was massive, over 64,000 acres. Over time, some of that property was released and became the location of Miles City. The rest is now under management of the USDA, in the form of an agricultural research center.

My photograph (top) shows one of the remaining buildings of the old fort, the officers’ quarters. The historic photo, dated 1880, (bottom) shows that once there was a long row of structures like this one.

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http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=6398

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And you can still enter — but hurry! From their web site…

New York Photo Awards Deadline – EXTENDED!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

After receiving (literally) hundreds of inquiries, and in order to accommodate the overwhelming number of submissions currently being uploaded to our servers – we’ve realized that the only decent thing to do is to extend the submission deadline for a few more days.

Updated Deadline: Thursday, May 6 @ midnight

Which sounds to me like perhaps they are extending the deadline because entries are down? Either way, I’m not into the competition thing, but good luck everyone.

http://www.nyphotofestival.com/site/