Paul Shambroom

Lewiston, Minnesota (population 1,405), City Council, March 10, 1999., 1999

Paul Shambroom (American, born 1956), Lewiston, Minnesota (population 1,405), City Council, March 10, 1999., 1999, archival pigmented inkjet on canvas with varnish, 33 x 66 in. Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, 2003.13. © Paul Shambroom.

Shambroom photographs local government and town hall meetings throughout the United States. Using mapping software and a database of over 13,000 meeting dates, he enters specifications such as "Indiana, 2nd Wednesday, population 2000" into his laptop computer, and charts his photographic journey according to the results.