King Cotton
This lonely old cotton warehouse in this picture is in the small town of Byromville, Georgia. This photo captures a beautiful old brick warehouse and the very train tracks that would have once held the trains that loaded cotton here.
Byromville was founded around the mid 1850’s but not incorporated until 1905. In the 21st century, less than 500 people call this small community home. The days of King Cotton have passed and a lot of small town America like this slowly slides into the past.
These are the sort of places I love to photograph. It always feels to me that I may be preserving these places in my photos. I certainly hope these little towns turn around and find new life, but if they don't it makes me feel better to have documented more vanishing Americana.
Byromville was founded around the mid 1850’s but not incorporated until 1905. In the 21st century, less than 500 people call this small community home. The days of King Cotton have passed and a lot of small town America like this slowly slides into the past.
These are the sort of places I love to photograph. It always feels to me that I may be preserving these places in my photos. I certainly hope these little towns turn around and find new life, but if they don't it makes me feel better to have documented more vanishing Americana.
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King Cotton
This lonely old cotton warehouse in this picture is in the small town of Byromville, Georgia. This photo captures a beautiful old brick warehouse and the very train tracks that would have once held the trains that loaded cotton here.
Byromville was founded around the mid 1850’s but not incorporated until 1905. In the 21st century, less than 500 people call this small community home. The days of King Cotton have passed and a lot of small town America like this slowly slides into the past.
These are the sort of places I love to photograph. It always feels to me that I may be preserving these places in my photos. I certainly hope these little towns turn around and find new life, but if they don't it makes me feel better to have documented more vanishing Americana.
Byromville was founded around the mid 1850’s but not incorporated until 1905. In the 21st century, less than 500 people call this small community home. The days of King Cotton have passed and a lot of small town America like this slowly slides into the past.
These are the sort of places I love to photograph. It always feels to me that I may be preserving these places in my photos. I certainly hope these little towns turn around and find new life, but if they don't it makes me feel better to have documented more vanishing Americana.