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Selected Works

A small portfolio of my best work, selected from the nearly one thousand images that comprise my complete collection.

 

 

old rusty metal hotel chairs in a field of tall grass and clovers in allen county, Indiana

Beehive kiln and tall chimney at the abandoned brick factory in Medora, Indiana. The kiln and chimney are built of brick with rusty iron bands around the outsides for structural support. A long pole attached to the side of the tall chimney holds a light fixture above the kiln.

Old wooden pier with a metal hotel chair on the end on a foggy day at Goose Lake in Whitley County, Indiana

trees in a foggy landscape with sunset in allen county, indiana on Yohne Road

metal chairs and abandoned house, till road, allen county, indiana. lillies grow next to the chairs

An outhouse and a small shed sit side by side among a group of trees on a farm in southwest Allen County, Indiana. The outhouse and shed are veiled in heavy fog and the ground is covered in snow. A barn is visible through the haze in the background.

Windows in old brick factory in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. A parking meter sits in front of the old weathered looking windows and a light hangs above the windows. The building houses the Murphy Elevator Company.

Huh?

Beehive kiln and tall chimney at the abandoned brick factory in Medora, Indiana. The kiln and chimney are built of brick with rusty iron bands around the outsides for structural support. A long pole attached to the side of the tall chimney holds a light fixture above the kiln.

Aabandoned Marathon gas station with old pumps and lights near Logansport, Indiana. Photographed at sunset.

Voors Jewelry store on lower huntington road in the waynedale section of fort wayne, Indiana

An abandoned farmhouse in rural Allen County, Indiana. A white cat walks in front of the house in search of mice. The house is falling down, and is missing most of its weathered wood siding. Wattle and daub insulation is visible where the siding has fallen off the old 19th century house.

This cow shaped sign stands along Interstate 40 in Quay County, New Mexico. It says: "We Support Our Troops USA" The sign is painted like the American Flag in red, white, and blue.

an old brick building in the small town of Monroeville, Indiana has a large American flag painted on the side of the building. The word United is painted above a park bench next to the flag. A row of arched windows lines the top floor of the old commercial building which houses a pizza parlor. Located on Indiana State Road 101, which is Monroeville's main street.

The front door of the post office in the tiny village of Glorieta in the Sangre de Christo mountains southeast of Santa Fe. The post office sits next to the Santa Fe Railroad tracks and was originally the town's train depot.

A group of windmills that generate electricity stands over a wheatfield in the Texas panhandle in Oldham County, Texas just east of the town of Vega. A Deep blue sky and dramatic clouds hang over the windmill farm.

abandoned 1946 Chevy in front of a barn and windmill on a farm in rural Allen County, Indiana on Yohne Road

Workers locker room at the abandoned brick factory in Medora, Indiana. A worker's coverall still hangs from the door of one of the lockers. The lockers are made of wood with a wood bench under them in an old brick building.

Angel

tree with a sign nailed to it outside a fundamentalist church on Taylor Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sin has an awful cost, its repent or pay!church

abandoned brick one room schoolhouse in allen county, indiana near the town of besancon and east of new haven. the road splits to go around the front and back of the building. foggy day in winter

three trees huddle together in the snow on a foggy February day along Hoagland Road in rural southeast Allen County, Indiana. Landscape photo of a winter fog scene

Grandpa and his guitar

a group of lonely trees in the middle of a field after the sun has set, with the moon visible in the sky. This is on Yohne Road in Allen County, Indiana near the National Serv-All landfill

a sign on an old brick church in louisville, kentucky simply says Love You. A gothic style window with iron bars is next to the sign

Old adobe Catholic church in the small town of San Juan, New Mexico with seperate bell tower next to it and a statue of the Virgin Mary set into a grotto in the outside wall. The church has a tin roof and old paneled wood doors. A small ladder allows the sexton to climb into the bell tower.

Interior of the old white wooden church in the Prairie Grove Cemetery in the Waynedale area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The pulpit stands in the front of the chapel looking out toward the old wooden pews. Light streams through the pointed arch windows along the side of the building. The windows are covered by lacy curtains.

Dairy Queen in the Waynedale section of Fort Wayne, Indiana

Beautiful sunset over a quanset hut and windmill on the plains of the Texas panhandle east of Amarillo.

Rusted metal silo in the rain on an abandoned farm on Lower Huntington Road in allen county, indiana

grandpa's old yellow rusty metal chairs in the rain next to his house

laundry room in an abandoned farmhouse along state road 18 in rural Indiana near Marion. An old sink lays on the floor surrounded by trash. Yellow paint peels from the walls and the door is broken off the hinges. A water pump handle is visible next to the door

 

 

 

Christopher Crawford
Fort Wayne, IN

chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com

 

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abandoned farm house in huntington county, indiana near interstate 69 in winter with snow on the ground. county road 900s.

old white wedding dress hanging in the attic of an abandoned farm house on Maysville Road near Fort Wayne in Allen County, Indiana. Snow covers the floor of the attic

old rusty metal patio chairs in front of a large barn and small weathered wood shed on a farm in allen county, indiana

foggy landscape with lone tree in the middle of a cornfield in winter in allen county, indiana. Lima Road near Huntertown

old rusty metal patio chairs, in front of grandpa's old house in the rain

an old man and his big white german shepherd dog look out the window of his house. The man has his hand on the dog's shoulder. The man is my grandfather, Charles Crawford

 

Workers locker room at the abandoned brick factory in Medora, Indiana. A worker's coverall still hangs from the door of one of the lockers. The lockers are made of wood with a wood bench under them in an old brick building.

90 year old bartender Mary Mora behind the counter of Mary's Bar in Cerrillos, New Mexico. The wall behnd the bar is covered in old neon beer signs from Budweiser, Jim Beam, and Corona. There are several patriotic signs and American flags and a mounted deer head and owl.

An old upright piano in the Lawton Christian Church. Located in rural Pulaski County, Indiana. A hymn book sits on the piano and a picture of the last supper hangs on the wall above.

Jennie

An old white wooden church building in rural Pulaski County, Indiana. The Lawton Christian Church is a wood-frame building with an old bell visible in the steeple.

The back side if the Elzey building on Lower Huntington Road in the Waynedale section of Fort Wayne, Indiana. A metal stairway leads to an ornate carved wood panel door on the second floor and a small American flag hangs below the window to show the resident's patriotism. An old brick commercial building on Waynedale's main street with apartments on the second floor.

Elderly farmer Richard Youse standing in the doorway of his weathered old house in rural Allen County, Indiana

Looking south on Everett Road toward the bridge that crosses Interstate 40 in Oldham County, Texas near Vega. Landscape in the Texas panhandle with big blue sky.

red metal motel chairs on the back porch of an old farm house in rural southwest Allen County, Indiana with yellow brooms laying across them. Aboite Center Road.

Abandoned Moore's Appliances store in Estancia, New Mexico. Abandoned main street storefront. The building is sandstone with wood paneling over the windows. Other abandoned stores site on both sides of it and a tall light pole stands to the right.