Payday in the Heartland | The Dance

  • Golden corn fields with scattered trees under a partly cloudy sky.

    Waves of Gold

  • Silent But Charged

  • A farmer changing oil in a grain truck, visible only from the waist down. The person is wearing ripped shorts and work boots, and is seated on a stool in a machine shed with tools, buckets, and rags visible around.

    Behind the Scenes

  • Tuning the Instruments

  • A person working on a combine inside a large storage building with a metal roof, farm equipment, and tires visible in the background.

    The Final Check

  • Three men are working on a large green combine harvester inside a barn or hangar. One man is walking in front, another is sitting inside the cab looking out, and the third is standing on a platform near the side, with a fire extinguisher nearby.

    The Curtain Rises

  • Person wearing a mask and gloves standing on top of a combine, cleaning out dust and debris with an air hose, against a cloudy sky.

    Lofty Perch

  • Close-up of a young child's legs and feet wearing black sneakers and gray sweatpants standing on the platform of a large red construction or farming vehicle.

    Taking His Place

  • A young boy with blonde hair and a dark long sleeve shirt helping his dad work on getting their combine ready for harvest.

    The Understudy

  • A man bending down to take a lunch bag from another person who is standing on the ground. The scene appears to be outdoors at dusk with some falling debris or dirt in the air.

    Dinner On The Go

  • A green combine harvester operates in a cornfield during harvest, with a large grain auger extended outward and a person visible inside the cab.

    Arrival

  • A John Deere combine harvester harvesting crops in a field during daylight hours with a lot of dust in the air. The operator is a woman wearing sunglasses and a black shirt, sitting inside the cab.

    Dust-filled Assault

  • A large field of golden corn being harvested with a green combine which is transferring corn into a grain cart in a rural area, with a distant tree line and a clear sky.

    Synchronized

  • A man driving a large, dusty grain truck with an enclosed cab, visible through the front bug-spattered windshield, with orange warning lights on top and large side mirrors, in a rural field setting.

    Bug-Spattered View

  • A farming scene with a large green combine harvester harvesting a corn field, a white grain truck is receiving corn from the grain cart, under a clear sky.

    Choreography

  • A man in a red shirt and khaki shorts stands between three grain trucks on a harvested corn field with trees in the background. Part of a green tractor is visible in the foreground on the left.

    Three Trucks

  • A red semi-truck receiving corn from a grain cart in a dusty field, with harvest debris streaking across the image, and the front of the truck showing the logo "Connick Farms".

    Chaff

  • A man empties corn from a grain truck into an auger system on a farm. The image is artistic with near-black-and-white color, highlighted by golden corn being dumped from the truck.

    Bringing it Home

  • A farmland with a combine harvester working during sunset with a pink-orange sky and the silhouette of a small town in the distance.

    Small Town Silhouette

  • A large green combine harvester machine enters a farm site near a barn with silos under a cloudy sky at dusk, with some farm buildings, trees, and headlights of other vehicles in the background.

    Day's End

  • A woman with curly hair wearing glasses and a black jacket, cleaning corn debris from a grain drier.

    End of Season

  • Hay bales in a harvested field under a clear sky.

    Wasting Nothing

23 Days

An extended set of images for Payday in the Heartland, created over 23 days following four uniquely different multi-generational family-farm operations.