LBM Dispatch #3: Michigan
Alec Soth and Brad Zellar
Little Brown Mushroom
English
Softcover, unbound pages
48 pages
290 × 380 mm
2012
From October 20th through November 5th, Alec Soth and Brad Zellar will be on the road in Michigan, producing an election season version of the LBM Dispatch in one of the country’s most diverse and politically fascinating states. The trip –a rambling search for the state of the union in towns all over Michigan– will take them across the Upper Peninsula to the Mackinac Straits, and then downstate through the enormous territory of the Lower Peninsula, including stops in Saginaw, Flint, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, and Grand Rapids.
(Source: https://www.setantabooks.com/products/lbm-dispatch-3-michigan)
About the Artist
Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has published over thirty books including Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), NIAGARA (2006), Broken Manual (2010), Songbook (2015), I Know How Furiously Your Heart is Beating (2019), A Pound of Pictures (2022), and Advice for Young Artists (2024). Soth has had over fifty solo exhibitions including survey shows organized by Jeu de Paume in Paris (2008), the Walker Art Center in Minnesota (2010), Media Space in London (2015), and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2024). Soth has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (2013). In 2008, Soth created Little Brown Mushroom, a multi-media enterprise focused on visual storytelling. Soth is represented by Sean Kelly in New York, Weinstein Hammons Gallery in Minneapolis, Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco, Loock Galerie in Berlin, and is a member of Magnum Photos.
https://alecsoth.com/photography
(Source: https://alecsoth.com/photography/about)
Brad Zellar (born November 16, 1961) is an American author, journalist, and cultural historian whose work often explores overlooked stories, people, and landscapes of the American Midwest. He is the author of several books, including Suburban World: The Norling Photos (2008), The 1968 Project: A Nation Coming of Age (2011), and Till the Wheels Fall Off (2022). Zellar has also collaborated extensively with photographers on image–text projects that extend his documentary approach to American life.
https://yourmanforfuninrapidan.blogspot.com/
(Source: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/04/25/a-marvelous-crutch-an-interview-with-brad-zellar/)
About the Publisher
Established in 2008 by Alec Soth, Little Brown Mushroom (LBM) is is committed to experimenting with visual storytelling. Located in St. Paul, Minnesota, LBM has worked with artists, photographers, writers and designers from around the world on publishing and educational projects.
https://littlebrownmushroom.com/
(Source: https://littlebrownmushroom.com/about)
