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Black and white photograph of the ruins of a long-abandoned school standing among a grove of trees. The school was built by the WPA in the 1930s in the farming community of Hext, Oklahoma, and stood vacant for decades before burning in 2021.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Abandoned 1930s School - Black and White Photograph (KD008209X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the burned ruins of a long abandoned school built by the WPA in the 1930s in the farming community of Hext, Oklahoma.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Abandoned School in Hext, Oklahoma - Black and White Photograph (KD008247X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the massive stone ruins of the 1600s-era Abó Pueblo Mission in the desert of New Mexico.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Abó Pueblo Mission in New Mexico - Black and White Photograph (KD008928X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front of the historic abandoned Judge Mark Bird House which stands behind the Post Office in Woodstock, Virginia. The 1840 mansion also once housed the Woodstock Female Seminary.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an 1840 Greek Revival Mansion in Woodstock, Virginia - Black and White Photograph (KD16796X)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of the exterior of the abandoned 1890s Jimmy Davis farmhouse at Dog Cove, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an 1890s Farmhouse - Black and White Photograph (KD17096X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the ruins of an abandoned gas station building on old Route 66 in Texola, Oklahoma.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Abandoned Gas Station on Old Route 66 - Black and White Photograph (KD009486X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an abandoned old retail store with ivy and weathered plywood found in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Abandoned Retail Store in Clarksdale Mississippi - Black and White Photograph (KD004770X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the ruins of a historic stone block storefront in Clearview, Oklahoma.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Abandoned Storefront in Clearview Oklahoma - Black and White Photograph (KD18258X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the ruins of a vintage service station overtaken by trees and ivy, found along a backroad in rural Virginia.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Abandoned Vintage Service Station - Black and White Photograph (KD10319X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the high walls of a ruined old adobe building in the mountains of New Mexico.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Old Adobe Building in New Mexico - Black and White Photograph (KD009291X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a doorway in the preserved ruins of an adobe church built 1717 in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Old Adobe Church - Black and White Photograph (KD009294X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front of a ruined adobe house in a small desert community near Marfa, Texas.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Old Adobe House in the Desert - Black and White Photograph (KD001489)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the ruins of an old Spanish adobe mission church built 1717 in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of an Old Adobe Mission Built 1717 - Black and White Photograph (KD009307X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the ruins of the old Broyles Gas Station on Route 66 in Glenrio, New Mexico.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Broyles Gas Station on Old Route 66 - Black and White Photograph (KD008471X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the ruined commercial storefronts with a big ghost sign on the wall in the small community of Hushpuckena, Mississippi.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Hushpuckena, Mississippi - Black and White Photograph (KD003652X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the old Taiban Presbyterian Church, built 1908 near Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. The ruins of the church sit under a vast sky surrounded by caprock formations on the western edge of the Llano Estacado. Active through the 1930s, the church has been unused and vacant since about 1960. Vandals destroyed the windows in 2006.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Old Church Under a Vast New Mexico Sky - Black and White Photograph (KD18462X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the old Taiban Presbyterian Church, built 1908 near Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. The remains of the church stand on the western edge of the Llano Estacado surrounded by caprock formations. Active into the 1930s, the church sat vacant since 1960. In 2006 vandals broke out doors and windows leaving the structure in ruins.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Old New Mexico Church - Black and White Photograph (KD18456X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a massive, historic stone ruin in the New Mexico high desert landscape. These are the remains of the long-abandoned Quarai Mission built by the Spanish in the 1600s.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Old Spanish Mission in the New Mexico Landscape - Black and White Photograph (KD008788X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of Smitty's Red Top Lounge, one of the great historic blues juke joints of the Mississippi Delta region, now abandoned and falling into ruin.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Smitty's Red Top Lounge, Clarksdale, Mississippi (A0012624A)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of one of the centuries old mud-brick walls at Mesa Verde, Colorado.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of Spruce Tree House - Mesa Verde, Colorado (RQ0A6852)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front of the historic and abandoned Judge Mark Bird House, built circa 1840 in Woodstock, Virginia. The house also once served as home for the Woodstock Female Seminary.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of the Judge Mark Bird House in Woodstock, Virginia - Black and White Photograph (KD16791X)

from $108.00

Black and white medium format photograph of Chattanooga's vast, abandoned Wheland Foundry, which closed forever in 2003.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of the Old Wheland Foundry in Chattanooga - Black and White Photograph (DSF7873X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the old Taiban Presbyterian Church, built 1908 in Taiban, New Mexico. Active through the 1930s, the church has been unused and vacant since about 1960.

Keith Dotson Photography

Ruins of the Taiban Presbyterian Church in New Mexico, Built 1908 - Black and White Photograph (KD18464X)

from $108.00

Black and white landscape photograph featuring an old wooden hay barn in a summer landscape dwarfed by the big sky overhead.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rural Landscape with a Barn and a Big Sky Overhead: Black and White Photograph (KD005295X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rural landscape of trees and farm fields featuring an old wooden barn

Keith Dotson Photography

Rural Landscape with an Old Barn - Black and White Photograph (DSC00043)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an abandoned historic miner's cabin in the abandoned zinc mining ghost town at Rush, Arkansas.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rush Ghost Town Abandoned Cabin - Black and White Photograph (DSF7394X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the front of the historic Russell Theatre, built 1930 in Maysville, Kentucky

Keith Dotson Photography

Russell Theatre in Maysville, Kentucky - Black and White Photograph (DSF8339X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rough and rustic kitchen table covered with jars and bowls, found in an old farmhouse. Imagine the stories this old table could tell.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rustic Farm Table Black and White Photograph (P5311892)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of one of the rustic hand-carved wooden chapel doors at Mission San Jose in San Antonio, Texas.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rustic Hand-Carved Chapel Door at Mission San Jose (DSC00642)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of the rustic limestone arches at the old Spanish Mission Espada, built in the 1700s, in San Antonio, Texas.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rustic Limestone Architecture at Mission Espada in San Antonio, Texas (_1014000)

from $108.00

Rusty Antique Iron Fence with a View of the Ohio River: Black and White Photograph (KD006760X)

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Antique Iron Fence with a View of the Ohio River: Black and White Photograph (KD006760X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of rusty iron bars on a second floor window on the front the old Charleston Jail, which was built in 1802 and served until 1939.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Bars on a Window at the Old Charleston Jail, Built 1802 (A0018625)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rusty ornamental wrought iron fence in New Orleans, with a spiral design that centers on a small iron flower bloom.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Bloom - Ironwork Fence Detail, New Orleans (RQ0A4755)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of a rusty door hinge on an abandoned building.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Door Hinge on an Abandoned Building: Black and White Photograph (KD003033X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the rusty old doors of a former cotton warehouse in the small community of Newbern, Alabama. This building was previously photographed by the legendary photographer William Christenberry.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Doors of an Old Cotton Warehouse in Newbern, Alabama - Black and White Photograph (KD13205X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rusty antique horseshoe nailed onto the textured wood of a weathered old barn.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Horseshoe on the Side of an Old Barn: Black and White Photograph (DSC02487A)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rusty iron bed seen through the open window of a rustic abandoned farmhouse found along a backroad in the American South.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Iron Bed Seen in the Window of an Abandoned Rural Farmhouse - Black and White Photograph (KD13330X)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of a rusty ironwork fence surrounding an abandoned old house in a small town far West Texas.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Iron Fence from an Abandoned House in West Texas - Black and White Photograph (KD001759)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an old cotton gin building in a small southern town with signs that say "Continental Ginning System" and "Continental Golden Comet System."

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Old Cotton Gin in a Small Town in the American South - Black and White Photograph (KD13267X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rusty and crusty old neon sign that says "Dancing Girls," seen on a gritty street in downtown Los Angeles.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Old Dancing Girls Sign in Downtown L.A. - Black and White Photograph (KD19358X)

from $108.00

Fine art photograph of a rusty old Esso gasoline pump at an abandoned country store found along a back road. The fuel price was frozen at 33 cents, which occurred in 1967.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Old Esso Gas Pump - Black and White Photograph (KD11868X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rusty street sign for Haliday Ave in the city of Cairo, Illinois.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Street Signs in Cairo, Illinois (A0020685)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a weathered old wooden shed with rusty antique tools hanging on its exterior wall.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Tools and Weathered Wooden Shed - Black and White Photograph (DSC02451)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of two beautifully rusty old Victorian iron fence posts amidst unkempt hedges.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Victorian Iron Fence Posts: Black and White Photograph (DSC08030)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a rusty steel water tower among trees on the property of an old southern textile mill.

Keith Dotson Photography

Rusty Water Tower: Black and White Photograph (DSC08206)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an ornate satyr door knocker on a house in the New Orleans' French Quarter.

Keith Dotson Photography

Satyr Door Knocker in New Orleans French Quarter (IMG_3365)

from $108.00

Savannah Cathedral Tree - Black and White Photograph (DSC06705)

Keith Dotson Photography

Savannah Cathedral Tree - Black and White Photograph (DSC06705)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of a historic church steeple towering above the city

Keith Dotson Photography

Savannah Church Steeple Architectural Photograph (IMG_7653)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of Savannah's historic and notorious Mercer-Williams House. Completed in 1868, the house is famous from its central part in the book and movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Keith Dotson Photography

Savannah's Historic Mercer-Williams House - Black and White Photograph (DSC06616)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of architectural details featuring a human head surrounded by ornate tile patterns on the exterior of the historic Schmulbach Brewing Company. Founded as the Nail City Brewery in 1855, it was acquired by investors in 1873. Majority partner Henry Schmulbach changed the name in 1882 and hired a master brewer from the famous Gambrinus Brewery in Cincinnati. This structure was built in 1891, and Schmulbach was closed in 1914 when West Virginia passed prohibition laws.

Keith Dotson Photography

Schmulbach Brewery Arch with Ornate Tile Patterns Circa 1891: Black and White Photograph (KD005972X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of architectural details on the exterior of the historic Schmulbach Brewing Company. Founded as the Nail City Brewery in 1855, it was acquired by investors in 1873. Majority partner Henry Schmulbach changed the name in 1882. This structure was built in 1891, and Schmulbach was closed in 1914 when West Virginia passed prohibition laws.

Keith Dotson Photography

Schmulbach Brewing Company Circa 1891: Black and White Photograph (KD005979X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the screen doors on the front of an abandoned historic store in the totally vacant downtown area of a small southern town.

Keith Dotson Photography

Screen Doors on an Abandoned Small Town Storefront - Black and White Photograph (DSF7025X)

from $108.00

Black and white panoramic photograph of four buildings along an abandoned street in the small town of Seale, Alabama. From left to right, the buildings were a U.S. Post Office that was probably in operation from 1962 until the mid-90s; a hardware store, at least in the later years; City Drug Store, that once had a soda fountain inside; and last on the right was a feed and seed business called Starke’s Farm Supplies.

Keith Dotson Photography

Seale Alabama Abandoned Street: Black and White Photograph (DSF6678X)

from $299.00

Black and white photograph of a rural barn featuring the famous and historic See Rock City ad painted on its tin roof.

Keith Dotson Photography

See Rock City Barn, Tennessee (IMG_4139)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a classical Greek column fragment from the original Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee. These pieces of classically-inspired columns have been scattered around Nashville as a reminder of its reputation as "the Athens of the South."

Keith Dotson Photography

Serpentine Knot on Old Greek Column from Tennessee State House (IMG_0290)

from $108.00

Set of six black and white photographs of the whimsical carved faces on the Drhumor Building in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

Keith Dotson Photography

Set of 6 Carved Face Photographs on the Drhumor Building in Asheville, North Carolina

from $1,794.00

Black and white photograph of a shaft of sunlight inside a dark abandoned old house that still has hay on the floor from being used as a barn after people no longer lived there.

Keith Dotson Photography

Shaft of Sunlight Inside a Dark Abandoned House - Black and White Photograph (KD003913X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of two abandoned old shotgun shacks in the flat and fertile landscape of the Mississippi Delta.

Keith Dotson Photography

Shotgun Shacks in the Deep South - Black and White Photograph (KD004669X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the famous St. Louis Gateway Arch at sunset, seen from the point of view of the base, looking up its steep metallic slope.

Keith Dotson Photography

Side View of the Gateway Arch in St Louis (A0008577)

from $108.00

Black and white side view photograph of the Hiwassee Meeting Hall, built in 1899 by a partnership of the local Hiwassee Union Church and the Masons. The church met on the first floor and the Masons met on the second floor. During the week, the first floor served as a school.

Keith Dotson Photography

Side View of the Hiwassee Meeting Hall in Reliance, Tennessee - Black and White Photograph (KD17380X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a street scene in downtown Los Angeles featuring a sidewalk tree in front of the facade of an old building with ornate architectural details.

Keith Dotson Photography

Sidewalk Tree in Downtown Los Angeles - Black and White Photograph (KD19393X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a broken old sign on the edge of a parking lot at an abandoned motel in the Mississippi Delta.

Keith Dotson Photography

Sign for Abandoned Motel - Black and White Photograph (DSC00304A)

from $108.00

Simply Fashion Sign - Birmingham, Alabama (A0010365)

Keith Dotson Photography

Simply Fashion Sign - Birmingham, Alabama (A0010365)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the entrance to "World Famous Skull's Rainbow Room," a long-time entertainment venue in Printer's Alley, downtown Nashville.

Keith Dotson Photography

Skull's Rainbow Room in Printers Alley - Nashville (DSC01155)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the water tower at Birmingham's historic Sloss Furnaces.

Keith Dotson Photography

Sloss Furnaces Tower, Birmingham, Alabama (A0007381)

from $108.00

Black and white industrial photograph of pipes and tall smokestacks at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama.

Keith Dotson Photography

Sloss Smokestacks, Birmingham (A0007496)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a small wooden historic church among the towering glass skyscrapers of downtown Houston.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Historic Church Among the Glass Skyscrapers in Downtown Houston (A0017865)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a small southern church surrounded by the flat Delta landscape.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Southern Church in the Mississippi Delta Landscape (A0012514)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a row of historic storefronts around a southern small town courthouse square in Shelbyville, Tennessee

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Courthouse Square Storefronts (A0008341)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph taken on the street of a small southern town with climbing ivy on the brick walls and wires.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Scene with Climbing Ivy - Black and White Photograph (DSC04336)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of old furniture arranged behind hazy glass in the window display of a main street shop in a small town.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Shop Window Display - Black and White Photograph (DSC00414)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of a potted plant on a small town sidewalk surrounded by wild plants growing through the cracks and boundaries

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Sidewalk No. 1: Black and White Photograph (DSC03194)

from $108.00

Black and white detail photograph of wild plants growing through the cracks and boundaries of a small town sidewalk and an old cut limestone doorstep.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Sidewalk No. 2: Black and White Photograph (DSC03192)

from $108.00

Small Town Sidewalk: Set of Two Black and White Photographs (DSC03192-4)

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Sidewalk: Set of Two Black and White Photographs (DSC03192-4)

from $189.00

Black and white photograph of a vacant small town storefront with a rusty metal awning and plants growing from its roof.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Storefront - Black and White Photograph (KD003830X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of an old street sign at the corner of Main Street and Fifth Street in a small midwestern town.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Street Signs: Black and White Photograph (KD006830X)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of the vintage Crockett Theater Marquee in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Theater Marquee (A0007810)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a vintage theater marquee in a small town, showing rows of light bulbs and curving neon.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Town Vintage Movie Theater Marquee (A0001414)

from $108.00

Black and white photograph of a small tree growing from the castle-like roofline of the old Charleston County Jail, built in 1802 and in service until 1939.

Keith Dotson Photography

Small Tree Growing from the Old Charleston Jail (A0018639)

from $108.00

Black and white architectural photograph of ornate stone castle at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Keith Dotson Photography

Smithsonian Castle, Washington, DC (RQ0A9468)

from $108.00