Education
BA, 1992, Kalamazoo College; Kalamazoo, MI

Recent Exhibitions
2012 ASMPNY "Image 12", NYC (group)
2011 Filter Photo Festival; "Beginnings" Black Cloud Gallery, Chicago, IL (group)
2011 Format Festival 11, Derby, UK (American Tour photobook with Blurb; group)
2010 FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma (American Tour photobook; group)
2008 ASMPNY "Close Up", Calumet; NYC (group)
2008 Foto8 Summer Show, Host Gallery; London (group)
2004-05 New American, Henry Ford Medical Center; Troy, MI (solo)
2004 APA-NY New York, New York, Manhattan Mall; NYC (group)
2003 APA-NY New York, New York, Splashlight Studios; NYC (group)
2003 Recent Photos, Vincent Ivan's Gallery; Granger, IN (solo)
2003 American and PhotocardUS, The Space; Kalamazoo, MI (solo)

Recent Awards/Nominations
2009 International Photography Awards Official Selection ("Delicious" series, "Vegas Couch" single entry)
2009 New York Photo Festival Awards Nominee (American Tour photobook)
2007 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention
2005 APA-LA VisionQuest Winner, Places Category
2005 APA-LA VisionQuest Hon. Mention, Places Category
2005 APA-LA VisionQuest Hon. Mention, People Category

Publications/Clients
Monocle, VIEW, NRC Handelsblad, The Sun, Paste Magazine, Screen Magazine, Marlboro Team Penske, The Detroit Metro Times, Nathaniel Mayer promotions, ASMP Bulletin.

PhotoBooks
American Tour, state fair, rangefound, Wave

Collections
Wave, Whitney Museum

Membership
ASMP, NARAS

Online Galleries
Saatchi Gallery, LightStalkers

Photojournal
www.rangefound.com

Stock/Editorial
alamy

I'm a Detroit area photographer who loves the energy of the street but is constantly distracted by quiet idiosyncratic moments in isolation. They catch my attention with more of a question than an answer. It's not always the obvious image of a clearly definable action. It's the unstated that gets me. More like jazz; it's what's in between the notes that makes the melody. At least I think I can hear something. And I wish to share it with all who want to see.

Michael Limbert was born May, 1969 in Niles, Michigan, a town famous for being the home of French Paper, Simplicity Patterns, The Dodge Brothers, and Tommy James & The Shondells. In 1992, Michael earned a BA in English with a concentration in Japanese at Kalamazoo College and immediately got sidetracked, becoming an advertising creative at Leo Burnett USA in Chicago. It was there Michael entered the world of automotive photography, shooting open-wheel race cars for Team Penske on the CART and IRL circuits in the US and Canada, as well as directing closed-set sessions. In 2001 Michael self-published Wave, a limited-run book of images from a year’s worth of US travels, American Tour in 2008 and state fair & rangefound in 2011 (last three available at Blurb). In between subsequent work moves to LA, NYC, Chicago and Detroit, Michael performed in the US and Europe with the band FORTUNE & MALTESE. Currently, he's shooting images of "environmental urban isolation" for himself and future projects.