Jake Durham Photography

Jake Durham Photography Kansas-based photographer specializing in high-end portraits, landscape, and commercial photography.

Jake Durham is an Oklahoma-based author and photographer specializing in portrait, headshot, landscape, drone, event, and commercial photography.

August 6, 202682° / 63° 🌡"Two things in life that you have control over: your attitude and effort."🦅🌞 am | 🌙 pm📸: Jake ...
08/06/2026

August 6, 2026

82° / 63° 🌡

"Two things in life that you have control over: your attitude and effort."🦅

🌞 am | 🌙 pm

📸: Jake Durham Photography


💡Also in the Abandoned Union book series: "ABANDONED OKLAHOMA: CONSOLIDATED DIST. NO. 5" by Jake Durham at Jake Durham P...
04/05/2026

💡Also in the Abandoned Union book series: "ABANDONED OKLAHOMA: CONSOLIDATED DIST. NO. 5" by Jake Durham at Jake Durham Photography

Read more 👉🏼 https://sut.pub/Dist-5

Abandoned as a school in the late 1960s, Harjo Consolidated Dist. No. 5 became one more statistic in the decay of the American education system. Institutions like Harjo once were, and often still are, staples in rural communities and among those that served African Americans, Native Americans, the disenfranchised, and the poor.

As these institutions closed, many students found themselves forced to travel significant distances to continue their education or forgo it altogether. Harjo was no different, offering services to several cities within the locale.

Conceived during Oklahoma’s oil boom, Harjo was hailed as one of the finest schools of its kind by the late 1920s. However, the institution faltered almost as quickly as it rose. Many remaining alumni have fond memories during their tenure at Harjo, but as time passes, their numbers dwindle, and the institution fades.

Not without effort, attempts to repurpose the facility have been implemented, though Harjo never returned to its full glory.

This is a pictorial documentary of Harjo, and it is one of many tales of America’s struggle with inequality and the education system.

Snow falls across a weathered red barn, softening the sharp edges of peeling paint and worn wood. The structure stands a...
01/25/2026

Snow falls across a weathered red barn, softening the sharp edges of peeling paint and worn wood. The structure stands alone against an open field, quiet and unchanged as the storm moves through. Faded boards, muted grass, and drifting snow reduce the scene to texture, color, and stillness.

12/31/2025

It’s been an interesting year. More museum exhibits, new clients, and new composite work. The Capitol Rotating Galleries Exhibition at the Oklahoma State Capitol was a highlight. The business moved to Kansas. Looking ahead to 2026, and wishing everyone a happy new year.

Wishing everyone a safe and joyful holiday season.
12/25/2025

Wishing everyone a safe and joyful holiday season.

This image didn’t happen in a single moment.It’s a composite built from pieces of different frames, different spaces, an...
12/23/2025

This image didn’t happen in a single moment.

It’s a composite built from pieces of different frames, different spaces, and different light—pulled together to recreate a feeling rather than document a second in time. The kind of feeling that happens when the crowd fades, the music hums just enough in the background, and connection becomes the loudest thing in the room.

I’m less interested in perfect realism and more interested in emotional truth. The glow of the lights, the closeness, the pause between conversations—those are the moments that last. This piece was created to live in that space.

Photography doesn’t always have to show what was.
Sometimes it’s about showing what felt real.

Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Tammron SP 24-70mm Di VC G2

Setup: Three (3x) Westcott FJ400s, Westcott 36” Beauty Dish, and two (2x) Westcott 3x4 Rapid Boxes.

Settings: f/9, 1/100, and ISO 400





Entrance to an old service station. Dunlap is best known as a major settlement site for Exodusters, the formerly enslave...
11/08/2025

Entrance to an old service station. Dunlap is best known as a major settlement site for Exodusters, the formerly enslaved African Americans who migrated from the South after Reconstruction (primarily after 1879).

This former school remains one of the last visible landmarks of Bushong’s once-active civic life. Expanded with a gymnas...
11/03/2025

This former school remains one of the last visible landmarks of Bushong’s once-active civic life. Expanded with a gymnasium in the 1920s, the structure now sits quiet, holding the memory of a town that has largely faded around it.

Abandoned Kansas.
10/29/2025

Abandoned Kansas.

Beauty in decay.
10/28/2025

Beauty in decay.

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