state fair | Detroit, Michigan; August 2005
One of the last Michigan State Fairs held in Detroit before funding ran out. Currently, the prospect of another Fair is uncertain. Photographed with a Leica M6 on Fujichrome Velvia 100F 35 mm slide film, cross-processed into negatives.
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 yearâ??s worth of US travels, "American Tour" in 2008 and "state fair" in 2011 (both 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.
