EasternIowaFarmer_Fall2023
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Turning a lens<br />
on our<br />
farmer community<br />
Show featuring photographs<br />
from The Eastern Iowa Farmer<br />
on display at MAE; readers<br />
invited to opening reception.<br />
During the past eight years, Brooke<br />
Till and Trevis Mayfield have<br />
traversed the far reaches of the<br />
rural community taking pictures<br />
for The Eastern Iowa Farmer<br />
magazine.<br />
A collection of those photographs will be on<br />
display from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31 at the Maquoketa<br />
Art Experience, 124 S. Main St.<br />
Readers of the magazine and the members of<br />
community are invited to stop by an opening<br />
reception for the show between 4 p.m. and 7<br />
p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4, to meet the photographers<br />
and view the show. The event coincides<br />
with the MAE’s annual holiday open house,<br />
and food and entertainment will be provided.<br />
This is the 16th issue of The Eastern Iowa<br />
Farmer, which launched in Spring 2016. It<br />
started with a belief by Mayfield, who owns<br />
Sycamore Media, which publishes the magazine.<br />
“That belief was that agriculture is the core<br />
driver of the Eastern Iowa economy and that<br />
those who make the wheels turn share common<br />
goals, common problems and a strong sense of<br />
community,” he said.<br />
Through their work for The Eastern Iowa<br />
Farmer magazine, Till and Mayfield have captured<br />
hundreds of images featuring the people<br />
who animate the fields, barnyards, feedlots, and<br />
kitchens in this part of the world.<br />
They’ve befriended farm dogs, stomped<br />
78 EASTERN IOWA FARMER | FALL 2023 eifarmer.com
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