Belle & Wissell partnered with photographer Todd Blubaugh in the co-creation of the photographic memoir, Too Far Gone. The travelogue and photography book is the latest from Belle & Wissell Editions (and published by Gingko Press). The project has already been getting attention from Juxtapoz Magazine and Iron & Air Magazine (a quote from its editor is included below).
“Todd, I just went through the book. I’m broken, humbled, inspired, and in awe. Your words alone are enough to stand on their own. They brought me to tears, made me want to hug my kids, kiss my wife, and not take a second for granted. Then, your images take things to a whole other level… I want to walk into each frame and live out each of those moments. Thank you for sharing this with me. I’m blown away.”
-Adam Fitzgerald
Some background on the project: Todd Blubaugh quit his job in pursuit of adventure on the open road. His long-planned trip criss-crossing the nation was meant to be an escape and an opportunity to forge a new existence while pursuing his twin passions for photography and motorcycle culture.
With the passing of Todd’s parents only days before his expected departure, his journey took on unanticipated gravity. All told, Todd spent six months on the road, touching down in various U.S. cities during his transcontinental trip. His time spent traveling marks a personal sea change, and a period of great self-discovery. Too Far Gone is the photographic and anecdotal account of his experiences, presented through short vignettes as well as personal letters and artifacts. Threads of human experience weave throughout the text, presented in Todd’s compassionate voice and providing the reader with deep access to every detail of his trip, from the fine points of motorcycle culture to the deeply personal stories he encountered along the road.
Too Far Gone breaks with the traditional motorcycle adventure narrative, joining mixed media pieces with a compelling story to create an engrossing visual experience.
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Understory at The Spheres: Immersive Visitor Experience
Amazon, The Spheres, Seattle Headquarters -
Wallis Annenberg PetSpace™: Interactive Visitor Center
Annenberg Foundation, PetSpace in Playa Vista (Los Angeles) -
Why War: The Causes of Conflict (Interactive Exhibit)
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field -
JourneyMaker: Personalized Art Museum Adventure
Art Institute of Chicago, Ryan Learning Center (The Modern Wing) -
SFMOMA Painting and Sculpture Interpretive Gallery
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gallery 218, Second Floor -
RadioEight: The Subconscious Dreams of the World’s Children
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -
Conservation Field House
Woodland Park Zoo -
The Seattle Central Library Visitor Center Exhibit
Seattle Public Library, Central Library -
SkyPad™ Interactive Wall
Space Needle, Observation Deck -
Microsoft Envisioning Center: Interactive Storyworld
Microsoft Strategic Prototyping Group, Microsoft Campus -
Umpqua Retail Experiences
Umpqua Bank,
S.F. Flagship Store -
World War II Campaign Interactives
ABMC / Dog Green Productions -
Exposed! Lost Photographs 1915-1916 Postcard Set
Belle & Wissell Editions, Harley-Davidson Archives -
Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic (Exhibit Interactives)
EMP Museum -
R.H. Wissell’s Lost Recordings
Belle & Wissell Editions, DCC Experience -
Born: Fifteen Years of Art and Literature
Born Magazine -
Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film (Interactives)
EMP Museum -
World War I Timeline
ABMC / Dog Green Productions -
World War II Timeline
American Battle Monuments Commission -
Born Presents 417 • 903
Born Magazine, Belle & Wissell Editions -
Avatar: The Exhibition
EMP Museum, traveling exhibition -
Clyfford Still Interactive Timeline and Story Viewers
Clyfford Still Museum -
Your Face is Puzzling to Me
Vulcan Real Estate, Amazon Campus -
Art Generation Lab
Kohl's, Milwaukee Art Museum -
Macro Micro
Vulcan Real Estate, Amazon campus -
Foster School of Business Digital Wayfinding System
The University of Washington -
Honoring Our Journey
Wing Luke Museum -
Holiday Story Window Display
Belle & Wissell Editions -
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses (Interactives)
MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture) -
True Evel: The Amazing Story of Evel Knievel
Harley-Davidson Museum -
The Battle of Pointe du Hoc
American Battle Monuments Commission, Website
Media Experiences
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Understory at The Spheres: Immersive Visitor Experience
Amazon, The Spheres, Seattle Headquarters -
Conservation Field House
Woodland Park Zoo -
SkyPad™ Interactive Wall
Space Needle, Observation Deck -
Microsoft Envisioning Center: Interactive Storyworld
Microsoft Strategic Prototyping Group, Microsoft Campus -
Her Aim is True: Jini Dellaccio
Karen Whitehead, Fur Face Films -
Honoring Our Journey
Wing Luke Museum -
Umpqua Retail Experiences
Umpqua Bank,
S.F. Flagship Store -
Holiday Story Window Display
Belle & Wissell Editions -
Accidents Will Happen: Exhibition Film
Belle & Wissell, Experimental Gallery -
Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film (Interactives)
EMP Museum -
Rise of the Machines: Story of the Microcomputer Revolution
Weatherhead Design, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science -
Sweet Crude
Sandy Cioffi -
Afterwords
Born, Center on Contemporary Art -
Your Face is Puzzling to Me
Vulcan Real Estate, Amazon Campus -
Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound
EMP Museum -
Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion (EMP Museum)
EMP Museum -
Checking Our Pulse
Northwest African American Museum -
Space Travel Supply Co.
826 Seattle, Greenwood Store -
You and We
Born, Center on Contemporary Art, W+K Building (The We Experiment)
Interactives
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Understory at The Spheres: Immersive Visitor Experience
Amazon, The Spheres, Seattle Headquarters -
Wallis Annenberg PetSpace™: Interactive Visitor Center
Annenberg Foundation, PetSpace in Playa Vista (Los Angeles) -
Why War: The Causes of Conflict (Interactive Exhibit)
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field -
SFMOMA Painting and Sculpture Interpretive Gallery
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gallery 218, Second Floor -
JourneyMaker: Personalized Art Museum Adventure
Art Institute of Chicago, Ryan Learning Center (The Modern Wing) -
PanoCam: Panoramic Photography Experience
Space Needle, Observation Deck -
RadioEight: The Subconscious Dreams of the World’s Children
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -
Conservation Field House
Woodland Park Zoo -
SkyPad™ Interactive Wall
Space Needle, Observation Deck -
The Frick Orientation Center Interactive Experiences
The Frick Art & Historical Center -
World War II Campaign Interactives
ABMC / Dog Green Productions -
Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic (Exhibit Interactives)
EMP Museum -
Microsoft Envisioning Center: Interactive Storyworld
Microsoft Strategic Prototyping Group, Microsoft Campus -
Umpqua Retail Experiences
Umpqua Bank,
S.F. Flagship Store -
CCVI Legacy Timeline
SCIW, University of the Incarnate Word -
Art Generation Lab
Kohl's, Milwaukee Art Museum -
World War I Timeline
ABMC / Dog Green Productions -
Space Gallery Interactives
Museum of Flight, Charles Simonyi Space Gallery -
World War II Timeline
American Battle Monuments Commission -
Avatar: Bioluminescence Game
EMP Museum, traveling exhibition -
Born: Fifteen Years of Art and Literature
Born Magazine -
Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film (Interactives)
EMP Museum -
Avatar: The Exhibition
EMP Museum, traveling exhibition -
Clyfford Still Interactive Timeline and Story Viewers
Clyfford Still Museum -
Your Face is Puzzling to Me
Vulcan Real Estate, Amazon Campus -
Evel Knievel’s Daredevil Challenge
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Born Presents 417 • 903
Born Magazine, Belle & Wissell Editions -
Engine Wall
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Fantasy Bike Build
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Hill Climb Challenge
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses (Interactives)
MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture) -
Foster School of Business Digital Wayfinding System
The University of Washington -
Harley Product Development
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Harley-Davidson Story Engines
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Icons of Science Fiction: Interactive Touchstation
EMP Museum,
Science Fiction Exhibit -
Following Fur Seals
NASA, Seattle Aquarium -
The Normandy Campaign: The Advance Inland (Kiosk)
ABMC / Dog Green Productions, Normandy Visitor Center -
Microsoft Communities
Captive Orbit, TechEdge Conference -
The Battle of Pointe du Hoc
American Battle Monuments Commission, Website -
Modern Mining Interactive
Britannia Mine Museum, Britannia Mine Museum -
The Normandy Campaign: The Advance Inland (Website)
ABMC / Dog Green Productions, ABMC website -
Community Portrait Lab: Touchtable Interactives
Wing Luke Asian Museum -
The Disney Music Challenge
EMP Museum -
History in High Definition
Washington State Historical Society -
Native Words, Native Warriors: The Code Talkers’ Story
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Website -
The Enduring Power of Totem Poles
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Bill Holm Center -
Help Wanted Website
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Woven Together: Traditions of the Pacific North Coast
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Website -
O-Deck Pilot Project
Hornall Anderson, Space Needle -
The Archaeology of West Point
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture -
The Burke Museum Website
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Website -
Seattle University Experience
Seattle University -
A History of Excellence
Seattle University
Retail & Editions
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Too Far Gone
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The Georgetown Arts District: Historic Placard System
4Culture, Friends of Georgetown History -
Exposed! Lost Photographs 1915-1916 Postcard Set
Belle & Wissell Editions, Harley-Davidson Archives -
R.H. Wissell’s Lost Recordings
Belle & Wissell Editions, DCC Experience -
Umpqua Retail Experiences
Umpqua Bank,
S.F. Flagship Store -
Born Presents 417 • 903
Born Magazine, Belle & Wissell Editions -
Future: Limited-Edition Postcard Set and Poster
Belle & Wissell Editions -
Holiday Story Window Display
Belle & Wissell Editions -
The Story of Belle and Wissell: How It All Began
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Fantasy Bike Build
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Central Institute for Exploration (Brand Identity Development)
Rocketfuel Productions, Discovery Kids -
Space Travel Supply Co.
826 Seattle, Greenwood Store -
Healthcare Retail Experience
The Kean Center for Skin Health
Exhibitions
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Why War: The Causes of Conflict (Interactive Exhibit)
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field -
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Exterior Graphic Design
Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field -
SFMOMA Painting and Sculpture Interpretive Gallery
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gallery 218, Second Floor -
Macro Micro
Vulcan Real Estate, Amazon campus -
The Seattle Central Library Visitor Center Exhibit
Seattle Public Library, Central Library -
Checking Our Pulse
Northwest African American Museum -
True Evel: The Amazing Story of Evel Knievel
Harley-Davidson Museum -
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses (Exhibition)
MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture) -
Holiday Story Window Display
Belle & Wissell Editions -
Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound
EMP Museum -
Accidents Will Happen: Stories from Rock Photography
The Stranger,
Belle & Wissell Co. -
Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion (EMP Museum)
EMP Museum -
Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion (Bumbershoot)
One Reel, Bumbershoot Music Festival -
Help Wanted: Collaborations in Art Exhibition
Born, Center on Contemporary Art -
Help Wanted Print Collateral and Exhibition Graphics
Born Magazine, Center on Contemporary Art -
The Estate of Beverly Thomas
Born, Center on Contemporary Art -
The Eight Essential Ingredients
Born, Richard Hugo House -
Beasts! The Exhibition
Fantagraphics Books, Belle & Wissell, Co. -
The People Project
Microsoft, MEDX group, Microsoft Campus -
Time and Sequence
Born, Belle & WIssell