Dorman High School Digital Art and Design program gives students the foundation in theory and skills needed to buy modern, working photographers, to pursue their own goals either in college, or on their own as entrepreneurs. 



Students who have advanced through the program have placed (and even won Best-in-Show) in photography in both local and regional art competitions. Many of these students have gone on to attend colleges such as SCAD, Winthrop, Converse, USC, and Clemson, majoring in photography, education,  communications, business, marketing, or many other related majors, and are now working as staff or freelance photographers all across the Southeast. 

The program was founded in 2014 by DHS English Teacher and portrait photographer Austin Baker, and started with 15 students. Today, nearly 150 students per year are enrolled in the program.