Posted on June 14th, 2013, in Road Trip Blog
Week three of the Magbooth Portrait of Appalachia marked our biggest trip yet! We traveled all over beautiful West Virginia, pushing our overall trip mileage well past 2,000 miles! Week three was so eventful in fact that we had to document the trip over two blog posts. Stay tuned for Part Two next Friday. First, [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2013, in Road Trip Blog
Week two of the Magbooth Portrait of Appalachia tour took us to border towns in Eastern Kentucky, Virginia, and Eastern Tennessee. So far this trip, we’ve explored more than 1,000 miles of beautiful mountain terrain and countryside! Some of the places we visited this week included Clinch Mountain outside of Tazewell, Tennessee, as well as the True [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2013, in Road Trip Blog
Portrait of Appalachia has begun. First stop: Cumberland Gap! Over the Memorial Day Weekend, we headed down to the Cumberland area with “Maggie” (pictured below), the multi-tasking Magnolia Photo Booth Company Volkswagen Westfalia Magbooth. By day, she is a fully functioning photo booth, and by night a cozy camper. Isn’t she a beaut?! Our first stop was the [...]
Posted on May 24th, 2013, in MagBooth Blog
Greetings fans of all things Magbooth! We’re bringing Maggie back for a continuation of our road trip photo booth documentary, Portrait of America. I’m proud to present Portrait of Appalachia, brought to you by my handsome Magbooth cofounder, Daniel Sanders, and our summer intern, John King (Berea College Student Archivist and founder of Louisville is [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
With the help of our graphic designeer Ty, I screen printed posters for the first time. These were shipped to all of our Kickstarter backers who donated over $100 to the project. The last of which were shipped yesterday. We have a few of our edition of 50 left over so if you are interested [...]
Posted on December 11th, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
Once again thank you all for your support! To all of you that helped back this project we cannot thank you enough. You have helped make dreams come true! Your books are being packaged and shipped from our Louisville offices. Barring unforeseen shipping problems you should have them in time for the Holidays! We are [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
“Hey guys…….. Willy here.” This quote was spoken by me some 22 months ago asking for help to fund our Portrait of America Project. Thanks to all of you we reached our goal and completed our journey. I’m sure many of you have been wondering what ever happened? Where have they been? Whats the deal? [...]
Posted on April 2nd, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
A quick stop in Mobile, Alabama found me driving around down town and approaching strangers on the street to see if they wanted photos taken. Here are a few pics of some of the people who where willing to participate in the “Portrait of America” project.
Posted on March 31st, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
Maggie spent a bit of time in the Big Easy on her way here to Miami. Here is a quick peak at a few of the people that had the pleasure of getting there photo taken in our van for our “Portrait of America” project.
Posted on March 6th, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
Maggie was lucky enough to roll through Joshua Tree a few days ago. We pulled into the campsite about 6 hours after schedule to find ourself battling 40 mph winds and freezing temps. Due to the high winds and fear of the van tipping over we climbed down from the pop top and huddled ourselves [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
Maggie’s first stop down the coast was in Venice, CA. We are lucky enough to have some great friends at the newly opened Deus Emporium in the heart of Venice so we spent a lot of time working on Maggie in the parking lot, stealing internet, drinking coffee, drooling over motorcycles (all of there goods [...]
Posted on February 14th, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
After months off of the road we are finally in the preparatory stages to set sail once again across the south of the good ole US of A! We hope that everybody has received their shirts and we are looking forward to getting back out on the open road. Also for those of you who [...]
Posted on February 10th, 2012, in Road Trip Blog
So I know it has been awhile but we’re getting ready to launch Maggie back out into the wild and across the south to finish up our “Portrait of America” project. I’m working on mapping out the route and lining up some stops along the way and will have some more info for you guys [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Maggie headed to Carbondale Colorado for our good friend and kickstarter supporter George Nettles 30th birthday. Good times were had and Maggie ventured offroad to take some photo’s above 9,000 feet. Thanks to Rachel and George for putting up MAggie and I, and to everybody for all of the well wishes!
Posted on September 8th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Thanks to the Mingers for letting me crash in Minnesota and for showing me around. We made it over to the Mall of America, but security was quick to the throw us out. Oh well, thats not real America anyways.
Posted on September 7th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Tom Owens, my Uncle and the maker of our tshirts (Rocky Gorge Apparel), joined in on the roadtrip from Laurel Maryland to Milwaukee Wisconsin. It was nice of him to keep me company on the road since I was planning on doing this stretch solo, but I couldn’t help but feel for him (and myself) [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Warning. You might be having a seizure. This video contains approximately 2000 photostrips in a little over 2 minutes. These are some of the strips that were taken over the 60 day trip that lead Maggie from San Francisco to Maine and back. All in all we visited 28 different states, met thousands of friendly [...]
Posted on August 3rd, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Mineral, VA has a population of 478 people. Here are a few pics of 6 of them. All of these people were at work when we took these photos. A special thanks to Main Street Supply and The Mineral Restaurant for humoring us and taking some pictures.
Posted on August 3rd, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Here are a few pictures from Laurel, MD. Special thanks to Rocky Gorge Apparel for teaching us how to screen print and for taking some photos. Also a special thanks to Tuesday Night Club for teaching me the joys of rhythm guitar and to Steve Miller who is a living lesson. I learned a lot [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Thanks to Mel’s Diner in Uncasville, CT for the support and the fantastic breakfast. We really enjoy meeting real small town people with a real zest for life.
Posted on July 25th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
On our last day in New York we happened upon a shade covered street where a number of older gentleman were relaxing in yard chairs. When we returned Maggie’s charm had worn off and they requested we take some photos. Not everybody obliged, but quickly people walking by started to take notice and we [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
A few from the Brooklyn Winery. What a shindig it was. Thanks to the whole crew for letting us use the place as an office and the front parking spot as a house! Oh, and for the booze. No thanks to the guy who dug through bottles out front until 5 am and kept us [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Here’s a few from Waterford Connecticut. We had some great food at Crown Pizzeria and then shot some photo’s in the parking lot. Special thanks to Janna and Bob for putting us up for the night.
Posted on July 12th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
A couple pics from Boston. Not the easiest place to park and take photos, but what a beautiful city. Thanks to Andrew and Kristie for giving us a place to crash for the night.
Posted on July 12th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
We made a stop in Portland Maine on the way down the coast. What a beautiful city. We happened to park infront of a Reny’s on Maine and these are a few of the people that stopped by. What a beautiful city, there is a small chance Victor might give up his ceramic commune [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
These pics are a few from July 5th when we shot at Hanleys Market in Bristol, Maine. These were all taken while wcsh6 was interviewing us for the this story. Thanks again to Ron Bowers, Don Carrigan and Greg Hanley for helping pull this together. Also special thanks to all the people stopping for gas, [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Alexandria, Virginia. Thanks to the Light Horse for letting us set up shop and take some photos. Extra special thanks to Katie and Albert Newell who put us up for two nights and were kickstarter donors at the $300 level.
Posted on July 7th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Rocky Mountain Westy is one of the reasons that Maggie looks as good as she does on the road. When Maggie rolled out of San Francisco she was looking pretty good. The one thing she was lacking was in the bumper department. When we finally pulled into Fort Collins, CO I new I’d have to [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
NBC channel 6 caught up with Alex, Maggie and I at Hanley’s Market in Walpole, Maine. We spent a good 45 minutes shooting and taking photos of people as they stopped for gas or got a donut. It was a super fun experience and Alex even got to operate the camera while Don (the news [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Alex, Maggie and I were lucky enough to spend the 4th of July in Maine. The day started at the Round Pond Parade, took a detour to the Lobster Pound and then ended in Damariscotta Maine at arguably the best fireworks display Alex or I have ever seen. The video above is a quick [...]
Posted on July 6th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
This is what Maggie saw as we hightailed it from Charleston West Virginia all the way across the state and into Maryland. Basically this is what its like to drive across West Virginia in about 2 minutes. Special thanks to my parents for singing John Denver’s Country Roads every time we went into West [...]
Posted on July 5th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Louisville Kentucky. Home of Magbooth. We took the van to the “other” trolley hop we don’t normally attend. Good times
Posted on July 5th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Round Pond Maine, 4th of July. What a show. To learn a little bit more about it check it out here
Posted on June 29th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Here are a quick 6 photos from Chicago Illinois. Special thanks to good fortune for letting me happen to pass through town when the Cubs where playing the White Sox. Also a special thanks to Joey Showtime Chicago for letting me park the van out front!
Posted on June 29th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Here’s a quick 6 photos from Fort Collins Colorado. Special thanks to Hessy and Jasmine for letting us park the van in front of there house for a few days. Also a huge thank you to the whole Bartz/Deangelos clan for showing us such a good time. And to Road 34 Bike Shop [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Here are a few photos taken from downtown Lincoln Nebraska. Headed downtown to grab some coffee and opened up the van. These are a few of the many pictures of strangers that i took. Thanks everybody that stopped by, and thanks to Malcom for the front porch, the brews and letting me [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Here are 6 photos from the road trip shot in Madison Wisconson. A big thank you to Jeff and Brett at Revolution Cycles for letting us shoot photos out front and to Schuyler for borrowing me a bike and everybody else that rode around that evening and showed me around Madison. It was [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2011, in Road Trip Blog
Here are a a few photos from the road trip shot in Reno Nevada. Thanks to Great Basin Brewing company for the tasty brews and letting us shoot some photo’s in the parking lot.