21 barns

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Yellow barn
Olympus XA2, Kodak ProImage 100
Old barn on US 40, Putnam Co.
Canon PowerShot S95
Renovated old barn
Canon PowerShot S95
Old barn
Canon PowerShot S95
Lane to the barn
Olympus OM-4T, 40mm f/2 Zuiko Auto-S, Fujicolor 200
Barn
Pentax IQZoom 170SL, Fujicolor 200
Round barn
Canon PowerShot S95
The barn on Sycamore Hill
Minolta SR-T 101, MC Rokkor-PF 50mm f/1.7, Fujicolor 200
Barn
Argus A-Four, Arista Premium 400
Barn on Old State Road 34
Canon PowerShot S95
Round barn
Canon PowerShot S95
Red block barn
Olympus OM-4T, 40mm f/2 Zuiko Auto-S, Fujicolor 200
Indiana barn
Canon PowerShot S95
Holliday Farm barn
Olympus OM-4T, 40mm f/2 Zuiko Auto-S, Fujicolor 200
Barn
Pentax IQZoom 170SL,Kodak T-Max 400, Rodinal 1+50
Barn
Pentax K10D, smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL
Old barn
Kodak EasyShare Z730
The old barn in the city
Nikon F2AS, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor, Fomapan 100
Green barn, Clay Co., US 40
Apple iPhone 12 mini
Barn
Apple iPhone 12 mini
Barn
Olympus XA2, Lomography Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 (@ EI 400)

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26 responses to “21 barns”

  1. J P Avatar

    Old barns is another photo subject that I love. The variety of colors beyond red or white is interesting.

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      But so many of them are red or white anyway!

  2. brandib1977 Avatar

    Old barns are the best. Those round barns are magnificent but the H in the slate roof is a truly nice touch.

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      That H barn was recently restored. They did some really nice work on it.

      1. brandib1977 Avatar

        It is beautiful.

  3. Andy Umbo Avatar
    Andy Umbo

    BTW, I’ve been loving these groups you’ve been doing: barns, doorways, etc. Really a great “look-back” on common themes in your work!

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      I wanted to shake up my posting schedule starting with the first of the year, and I just stumbled across this idea. I’ve got posts like this scheduled through the end of May already. I’m starting to run out of ideas, though.

  4. Greg Clawson Avatar
    Greg Clawson

    Jim, I too love old barns. Unfortunately near me more and more of the old wooden barns are falling into disrepair and collapsing. What a shame.

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      There’s plenty of that out here in Indiana too.

  5. Rush Rox Avatar
    Rush Rox

    Mailboxes.

    Is that on your list? Or maybe you already did that one and I missed it!

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      A surprising paucity of mailbox photos in my archive!

  6. Shirley B. Avatar
    Shirley B.

    Love the barns! I’m on the other side of the Atlantic, but looking at these photos, I’m travelling. Thanks!

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      I’m definitely taking you down some rural back roads you’d be unlikely to visit even if you came here!

      1. Shirley B. Avatar
        Shirley B.

        Which makes these even more worthwhile!

  7. Pete Avatar
    Pete

    I love these U.S. barns with their architectural diversity. Here in the UK they are usually basic open sheds with a few exception.

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      These barns are almost entirely here in Indiana. As you go from region to region across the US, barn architecture varies greatly!

  8. Reinhold Graf Avatar

    A wonderful collection you made 👏

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      Thank you!

  9. Kodachromeguy Avatar

    I love this record of old barns. Well done. I am especially interested in round or 12 sided barns, which were a vibrant experiment in the early 1900s. I’ve seen a few around the country and try to photograph them whenever I can. There is a round barn in Champaign, IL, used as a BBQ restaurant.

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      Fulton County in northern Indiana has a lot of round barns. Here is a post with photos of several of them.

      https://blog.jimgrey.net/2021/04/15/the-round-barns-of-fulton-county-indiana/

      I got to tour the largest Fulton County round barn.

      https://blog.jimgrey.net/2011/10/27/inside-the-round-barn/

  10. Theron Avatar
    Theron

    A few years back we visited Michigan on a boy scout trip. I drove down to Saginaw to pick up another scout dad at the airport who came in a few days late. Long story short, he had many delays in connecting flights, and I drove around the outskirts of Saginaw photographing barns. I was amazed by the quantity and variety, as I always thought of Michigan as more industrial than agricultural.

    Travel changes old ideas and perceptions, for sure.

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      There’s a lot of rural in Michigan!

  11. Darts and Letters Avatar
    Darts and Letters

    The shingle lettering is always really something, I like those.

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      I wonder how much extra that cost!

  12. Steve Mitchell Avatar

    Some lovely barns and great images. I don’t know what it is about farmers, but some seem to do no maintenance at all to their farm buildings after they are built. Farm buildings here often come in the form of woolsheds, for shearing and handling sheep. There are some wonderful old heritage ones still in use, but the more modern ones are often quite utilitarian, perhaps they will seem more charming to future generations!

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      Sheep aren’t so much a thing here in the midwestern United States. I know one fellow who raises them but it’s a specialty thing. It was surprising and delightful to see sheep absolutely everywhere when we were in Ireland.

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