Describing himself as a "butterfly collector in search of the perfect specimen," Jim Dow searches along old highways and in forgotten communities for artifacts of a vanishing era, capturing America's endangered species of small-town movie theaters, billiard halls, diners, masonic lodges, barber shops, and dance halls. His affinity for Americana led him to tackle a quintessentially American subject — ball parks and sports arenas — and to photograph over two hundred American courthouses. His "specimens," while devoid of the human figure itself, nonetheless carry relics of the human spirit.