Fine Art Photography

Landscapes, Personal Projects, and Alternative Processes

Beyond my commercial work in pet and professional photography, I create fine art photographs exploring the landscapes and visual possibilities that draw my attention. These projects represent my personal artistic vision—work created for its own sake rather than client commissions.

Current Projects

Desert Landscapes

The Sonoran Desert offers endless photographic opportunities—dramatic light on mountain ranges, intimate desert floor details, seasonal color shifts, and the interplay between natural and built environments. I approach these subjects with the same technical rigor I bring to my commercial work, but with purely artistic intent.

Alternative Processes

I work with historical and alternative photographic processes including cyanotype printing, exploring how nineteenth-century techniques offer different ways of seeing and representing the world. These hands-on processes connect contemporary digital practice with photography's material history.

Kentucky Series

Before moving to Arizona, I documented Kentucky's rural landscapes and small-town architecture. This ongoing body of work examines place, memory, and the visual character of the Upper South.

View Kentucky Photography →

About This Work

My fine art practice and commercial work inform each other—the compositional discipline and technical precision from commercial photography strengthen my personal work, while the creative freedom of personal projects keeps my commercial work fresh and inventive.

I exhibit fine art photographs selectively and consider them available for serious collectors. If you're interested in acquiring prints from any of these series, contact me to discuss available work, sizes, and pricing.

Publications

I'm the author of Shelter Cats and Shelter Puppies published by Merrell Publishers—books that combine my fine art approach with documentary photography of adoptable shelter animals.

Available Prints

Limited edition fine art prints from these series are available. All prints are created using archival pigment inks on museum-grade papers, signed and numbered by the artist.

For inquiries about available work, print sizes, pricing, and framing options, contact me at mike@michaelklothphotography.com or 520-301-3340.

White building with two red window frames and a red door, black light fixture above door, sidewalk in front in the Tucson Museum of Art historic block.
A highly macro photography close-up of colorful glass and surface showing vibrant colors and intricate textures.
An infrared photograph of a Tucson sidewalk with a bicycle locked to a bike rack, a streetlamp with multiple round lights, and building with large windows reflecting parked cars and trees with illuminated foliage.
Nightrime moonrise over the Cable Bridge spanning the Columbia River between Kennewick and Pasco in the Tri-Cities, Washington.
Close-up of a peeling white wall with graffiti of a black smiley face in downtown Tucson, Arizona.
Night view of illuminated modern light pillars in a park outside the Joel D Valdez Main Library in Tucson with trees and city buildings in the background.
A wind turbine in a rural landscape with rolling green and brown fields, distant white buildings, and a partly cloudy sky in the Palouse (Eastern Washington State).