The Weight of Years

This photograph focuses on a collapsed entryway that once formed a functional extension of a much larger barn, its arched opening now folded inward under decades of weather and structural fatigue. What was once a point of access, designed for daily movement and labor, has become a quiet marker of decline within a still-dominant agricultural form.

Rendered in black and white, the image draws attention to texture and structure: peeling paint, warped boards, and the layered geometry of wood against the broader façade behind it. The tight framing removes unnecessary context, allowing the viewer to focus on form, collapse, and the physical consequences of abandonment.

Rather than documenting ruin for spectacle, the photograph treats deterioration as a slow, natural process, an architectural record of use, exposure, and eventual surrender. What remains is not just a structure, but a trace of human intent, quietly receding back into the landscape.