[Leica] An example of why documentary photography is so vital to our culture

[RicCarter]

yep—good job on multiple levels

ric

> On Mar 30, 2016, at 6:21 PM, Christopher Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> I made this photograph back in 2014, and posted on the LUG back then. I'm
> posting it again to illustrate how important it is to document our world.
> 
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1909
> 
> 
> Yesterday, General Electric began dismantling this iconic sign that has
> stood atop one of the buildings in their sprawling factory complex in
> downtown Fort Wayne since the 1930s.
> 
> The buildings at the complex have mostly been vacant for 20 yrs now, all the
> jobs having been exported to Mexico. There was a small research and
> development staff working at the site until the beginning of 2015, when that
> operation was moved to another GE location in the United States. One of the
> buildings was demolished last year, and we expect that the rest will soon
> follow, especially since the famous sign has now been taken down.
> 
> Here are the rest of the photos I have posted of the GE plant in Fort Wayne.
> I have others waiting to be scanned and will be shooting some new ones this
> week.
> 
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=67
> 
> The oldest buildings at the Fort Wayne GE complex are 100 years old. This
> place once employed more than 20,000 people in the city, including my
> grandmother¹s father, three of her brothers, and the wife of one of her
> brothers. 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-437-8990
> 
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> 
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