19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
A Vanishing Past
A combine harvests a wheat field in northern Kansas. Nearly metaphorical, the modern machinery kicked up a smokescreen of dust and debris which partially concealed the abandoned and deteriorating bones of what was once a grand home. Forgotten farmsteads like this lay dotted throughout the Great Plains as families move to nearby cities and larger factory farms buyout smaller operations.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 06.2021 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2021 |
Photo Location: | Cuba, Kansas, United States of America |
Camera: | NIKON D810 |
Copyright: | © Erik Johnson |