Photographs of beautiful, historic, and slightly derelict North Knoxville, Tennessee, plus a video of the walk where I discovered the subjects
Go on a solo photowalk with me in the video below.
I spent a day exploring and shooting black and white photographs of funky, gritty North Knoxville, a historic neighborhood with a nice supply of industrial decay mixed in for texture.
I started at the Old Gray Cemetery, which was established in 1850. Then, I drifted around the industrial wasteland that seems to be under reclamation now by artists, bars, and coffee shops. Some of the architecture I found is in a serious state of decay, and some of it has been lovingly restored to a beautiful condition. I like it both ways — restored and crumbling.
I photographed factories and industrial facilities, historic storefronts, a few ghost signs (faded old ads on the sides of buildings), and even a huge model of a tall ship in a shop window.
Photographs taken on the day of the video
![Ivy on a checkerboard brick shop building](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021647.jpg)
![No. 810 Shop Doors](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021651.jpg)
![Terra Cotta Shingle Stacks](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021654-Terra-Cotta-Shingle-Stacks.jpg)
![Broken Industrial Windows](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021660-Broken-Industrial-Windows.jpg)
![Five Cents Ghost Sign](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021665-Five-Cents-Ghost-Sign.jpg)
![Graffiti Removal Kanji 01](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021667-Graffiti-Removal.jpg)
![Graffiti Removal Kanji 02](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021670-Graffiti-Removal.jpg)
![Model of a Tall Ship Behind a Dirty Shop Window](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021677-Model-of-a-Tall-Ship-Behind-a-Dirty-Shop-Window.jpg)
![Lion Head Architectural Detail](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021704-Lion-Head-Architectural-Detail.jpg)
![Old North Knoxville](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021729-Old-North-Knoxville.jpg)
![St John's Church Knoxville](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021735-St-Johns-Church-Knoxville.jpg)
![Tall Tree Against an Empty Sky](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021836-Tall-Tree-Against-a-Pale-Sky.jpg)
![Curved Industrial Building](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021842-Curved-Industrial-Building.jpg)
![Ghost Sign Ad on an Old Brick Wall](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021873-Ghost-Sign.jpg)
![Cracked Paint on an Abandoned Building](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021878-Cracked-Paint-on-an-Abandoned-Building.jpg)
![Exterior of Abandoned US Post Office](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021893-Exterior-of-Abandoned-US-Post-Office.jpg)
![Broken Sidewalk - Knoxville](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021909-Broken-Sidewalk.jpg)
![Front of Abandoned Old House](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021915-Front-of-Abandoned-Old-House.jpg)
![Abandoned US Post Office Building](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021951-Abandoned-US-Post-Office-Building.jpg)
![Downtown Knoxville Architectural Detail](https://icatchshadows.comwp-content/uploads/2017/10/A0021974-Downtown-Knoxville.jpg)
Fine art black and white prints of all of these photographs are available. Contact me or visit my website to order one for your home or office.
Thanks for reading.
~ Keith