E-E photographer wins statewide photography award

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Erich Minton uses damp newspaper to shape glass.
Erich Minton uses damp newspaper to shape glass.

Examiner-Enterprise Photographer Andy Dossett has been recognized in a statewide photojournalism contest for a November shot.

The photo, depicting Erich Minton working in his Bartlesville glassblowing shop, was announced Wednesday as the winner of the November 2021 OGE Energy Corp.-Oklahoma Press Association photo contest.

When published on Nov. 6, the photo was also picked up by Yahoo! News.

A Bartlesville-native, Dossett began taking photos for the E-E in May 2020. He is also the director of On The Rock Ministries.

Always a lover of photography, Dossett began to pursue it more seriously in January 2020 when he used his tax return to purchase a professional camera. His journey has been entirely self-taught.

"I was watching a documentary about Annie Leibovitz and she was talking about how she got into photography by taking pictures of people she loved so I got my camera and started talking pictures of all my family," Dossett said.

This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: E-E photographer wins statewide photography award