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Friday, April 18, 2014

Abandoned Barns and Silos



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21 comments:

  1. KarlApril 18, 2014 at 9:03 AM

    Beautiful black and white photos, especially the second one!
    I wonder why they are abandoned...

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    1. Taken For GrantedApril 18, 2014 at 11:55 AM

      Use to be that farms raised a variety of animals including dairy cows. These barns are mostly about housing for animals and their feed, but few farms now milk cows or use barns. Our dairy products come from factory farms with hundreds of cows in confinement buildings. Barns are disappearing from the rural landscape.

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  2. MalyssApril 18, 2014 at 10:22 AM

    Sad and strong at the same time!

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  3. RedPatApril 18, 2014 at 10:34 AM

    Fabulous B&W!

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  4. VPApril 18, 2014 at 10:39 AM

    I took the first photo for some kind of observatory, but it was a silo...

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  5. DragonstarApril 18, 2014 at 12:14 PM

    I like the second, too. Such a shame the barns are vanishing.

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  6. JarekApril 18, 2014 at 12:22 PM

    Great black and white photos.

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  7. Rajiv SankarapillaiApril 18, 2014 at 12:26 PM

    Awesome images :)
    Nice blog;)
    Please visit mine too:)

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  8. HansHBApril 18, 2014 at 12:27 PM

    Beautiful B&W photos, well composed!
    Happy Easter to you!

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  9. CarverApril 18, 2014 at 12:34 PM

    Very picturesque old barns and silos.

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  10. BirgittaApril 18, 2014 at 3:46 PM

    Interesting and great pictures!

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  11. Gemma WisemanApril 18, 2014 at 4:27 PM

    The black and white captures the sadness, the loneliness of those old barns. Lovely photos.

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  12. hamiltonApril 18, 2014 at 9:25 PM

    Although I hate to see abandonned farms, I also rather like the look of these dilapidated barns.

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  13. Annette P.-L. April 19, 2014 at 3:11 AM

    Wonderful photos in B&W! Especially I like the first one!
    Happy Easter to you!

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  14. NonnieApril 19, 2014 at 9:45 AM

    such scenes make me sad, I wonder why it has been abandoned. nicely done in b&w!

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    1. Taken For GrantedApril 19, 2014 at 12:23 PM

      In 1930 there were 7 million farms in the U.S., and now there are less than 2 million. Small farms can no longer support a family. Most of our meat and dairy now comes from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), not farms. Sad, and also unsustainable.

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  15. PerthDailyPhotoApril 19, 2014 at 10:59 AM

    Oh they do look a little desolate.. b&w was an excellent choice TFG.

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  16. betty-NZApril 20, 2014 at 11:30 PM

    Ah, the stories they could tell! I love taking photos of old places like this.

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  17. RoanApril 22, 2014 at 12:38 PM

    There are a lot of abaondoned barns around here. Although a lot of them have been torn down. It's sad to see. I was raised on a small farm, but my dad had to work in the city to support his family. Farming is a good life. It's too bad everything has become commercial. Thanks for linking up. I appreciate it.

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  18. Tanya BreeseApril 22, 2014 at 1:56 PM

    they are beautiful!

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  19. JohnApril 25, 2014 at 12:25 PM

    A statement on the changing face of plains farming.

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