Born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1956, Dorothy Kloss studied music beginning at the age of 5. Devoting most of her life to music, she received her bachelor’s degree in 1979, from Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa, but found her true passion was in black and white old-school photography.  Although photography was not pursued until later in life, it was deeply embedded in her at a young age by her father, also a photographer, and it is because of him she was able to learn about large format photography and the darkroom.  Dorothy also attended workshops in Toronto,  Pittsburgh and Maine, where she was introduced to the world of historical photographic processes and met many internationally renowned photographers throughout the world.  Her work has been exhibited in the Erie Art Museum Spring Shows 2011,’12, ’15, ‘16 '17, 18 various galleries and exhibits in Northwest Pennsylvania and Texas since 2001 and is a member of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association (NPAA).

~Dorothy Kloss, photographer