The Last Town Over

The Last Town Over is a photographic journey through Iowa’s smallest towns — places where the population signs barely hit 500, and sometimes don’t even reach that. These are towns most people pass through without stopping, or never see at all. But behind every faded sign and quiet main street is a story: of perseverance, of identity, of what remains when the world moves on.

This project seeks to honor these communities — not as relics of the past, but as places still holding on. Through landscapes, architecture, and quiet details, The Last Town Over captures the rhythm of rural life, the weight of silence, and the strength of place.

It’s a portrait of America at its most overlooked — still breathing, still rooted, still real.

There’s no agenda here. Just observation.
A shuttered café. A leaning post office. A silo against the sky.
These towns are not abandoned — they’re enduring. Quietly.

The Last Town Over is about what’s left when the crowd moves on.
It’s about stillness, resilience, and the small truths found at the edges of the map.