Thought I'd dig through the old 4"x5" negatives this morning.In the early 1990s I photographed towns in Indiana that were in the process of dying. Corporate farming and centralization of business around large cities was killing these towns. It was obvious that a way of life was blowing away in the wind. When I would travel for work I would stick to the back roads. Over just a few years in the late 1980's through the early 1990's the erosion in these towns was obvious. The buildings that were constructed in a different time were really starting to show their age and, in most cases, were not being used for the original intent. For example, this building, the Yo Ho Grocery in Solsberry, Indiana was originally the local Masonic Hall. Indiana used to have a thriving rural life; unfortunately much of it is gone forever.
I actually noted the date I made this photo on the negative sleeve - August 23, 1992.
