Yes, he was a photographer, though before and after that he was a carpenter. I have a photo of my great-grandfather John Huston, Jr. with the S. W. Close & Co. name on it on my Ancestry tree. I don't know how long he had that business, but he did it in 1900, and then by 1910 the census says carpenter. 1880 he was in Ohio, and a carpenter. So you could estimate the date of the photo as being after 1880 and before 1910. I don't know what became of the business.