‘Monuments of a disappearing past’: moody midwestern nights – in pictures

“Since 1982, the US has lost approximately 80% of its dairy farms and 90% of its hog farms, accelerating a trend toward fewer but much larger farms. With farm production becoming more consolidated and big-box retailers in the county seats, this drives local merchants out of business. The small towns in the region struggle to reinvent themselves amid an agricultural bounty.”

Front Street, Brooklyn, Iowa, 2023, population: 1,502