Maryland Business

By: katie.ireland

When you think of explorers, your mind may drift to Harrison Ford in a pit of snakes or a troop of treasure hunters plundering King Tut’s tomb.

You’ve got the right idea, but you probably wouldn’t group photographers exploring abandoned Baltimore buildings with the likes of Indiana Jones — until now.

Locals Chris Folsom and Chris Piergalline have been poking around (and trespassing in) long forgotten  buildings in the greater Baltimore area and stirring up interest in the photos they take of dust-shrouded asylums and moth-eaten factories.

Folsom tells The (Baltimore) Sun, however, that they aren’t interested in disturbing these buildings or carting away any goods. “We leave the place the way we found it,” said Folsom. “I feel the need to document there buildings just as they were left and before they are renovated or torn down.”

For an interesting perspective in the midst of new development and demolition, check out Chris Folsom’s Flickr page.