Design Review
This illustrated analysis conveys all the iconic weight of these beautiful machines, carefully cataloguing every variation in form from wood to steel.
William Morgan, University of Louisville
The Grain Elevator is a quintessential American monument. Mahar-Keplinger's crips yet haunting photographs are works of art, and her text reminds us that the American equivalent of the Gothic cathedral or the Egyptian pyramid is more than just a subject beloved by artists...[It is] a good introduction to the development of the American silo and is about silos as objects of beauty.