Michael Limbert

Michael Limbert is a Chicago-based photographer with a focus on editorial, street and immediate reaction. Born in Niles, Michigan (home of French Paper, Simplicity Patterns and Tommy James & The Shondells) Michael earned a BA in English with a Japanese concentration at Kalamazoo College in 1992, before getting sidetracked into an advertising creative career. His first big assignment was as art director AND photographer, shooting open-wheel race cars for Team Penske on the CART and IRL circuits in the US and Canada. Later, while rising to the role creative director at several US ad agencies, Michael sharpened his photography and gained publication in Monocle, VIEW Magazine, NRC Handelsblad, The Sun, Paste and ASMP, as well as in branding & advertising (including the current Chevrolet "Bowtie" logo seen globally).

In between subsequent moves to LA, NYC, Chicago and Detroit, Michael performed in the US and Europe with the band FORTUNE & MALTESE (as Michael Maltese) and self-published 5 photobooks: “Wave”, “American Tour”, “state fair”, “rangefound” and "horror movies". Currently, he's shooting towards a personal theme relating to atomic energy science & running the photoblog "Rangefound" at .

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Education
BA, Kalamazoo College; Kalamazoo, MI

Recent Awards/Selections/Exhibitions
2016 One Show Photo Auction
2015 Athens Photo Festival, “rangefound” photobook
2014 7th Annual International Color Awards ("People" cat. + 8 other nominations)
2014 ASMPNY “Image 14″, NYC (group)
2013 Art Of Photography Show
2013 American Photography 29
2012 ASMP NY "Image 12", NYC (group)
2011 Format Festival 11, Derby, UK ("American Tour" photobook; group)
2011 Filter Photo Festival; "Beginnings" Black Cloud Gallery, Chicago, IL (group)
2011 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, "state fair" Bronze, People's Choice
2010 FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma ("American Tour" photobook; group)
2009 International Photography Awards Official Selection ("Delicious" series, "Vegas Couch" single entry)
2009 New York Photo Festival Awards Nominee (American Tour photobook)
2008 Foto8 Summer Show, Host Gallery; London (group)
2008 ASMPNY "Close Up", Calumet; NYC (group)
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
2004-05 New American, Henry Ford Medical Center; Troy, MI (solo)
2004 APA-NY New York, New York, Manh...