--- description: A new limited edition collection published this week documents last summer's road trip taken by Magnum photographers Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Paolo Pellegrin, Alec Soth and Mikhael Subotzky and writer Ginger Strand. title: New Postcards From America Limited Edition Photography Book image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde34aecf9b6a0b36/69879c35e20a872451a86bb0/magnum_postcards_052.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Postcards From America: The Box Set by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2012 9:00 AM CUT  Postcards From America is a collection of objects: a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines. Postcards From America is a collection of objects: a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines.Magnum by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2012 9:00 AM CUT In May 2011, Magnum photographers Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Paolo Pellegrin, Alec Soth and Mikhael Subotzky, as well as writer Ginger Strand, set out from Austin, Texas in an RV. Two weeks and 1750 miles later, they arrived in Oakland, Calif. Together, they documented their experience, the result of which is a new, limited edition book that launches this week. [_Postcards from America_](http://postcardsfromamerica.tumblr.com/ "undefined") is a collection of objects: a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines, all in a signed and numbered box. “We knew each other through Magnum, obviously, but we’d never actually tried to work together,” says Soth. “We wanted to see what that would be like, to see if we could create a kind of polyphonic sound. Hopefully the box book achieves that. It also gave us an opportunity to push each other creatively and conceptually, which I think has carried over into our individual work.” The book does not attempt to document the American Southwest in a traditional sense. Instead, it uses the prototypically western experience of a road trip as an entry point into depicting the region. “Some of us are used to working only on immersive, multiyear projects,” says Subotzky. “Obviously this was very different. Doing it collectively brought a great energy and looseness to the work. The box, with all its moving and arrangeable pieces, really reflects that and reflects what we found on the road—a divided and often contradictory society, unsure about its identity and future.” The _Postcards from America_ box book, in a signed edition of 500, is available exclusively at [www.postcards.magnumphotos.com ](http://www.postcards.magnumphotos.com "undefined") The second Postcards from America project is scheduled to begin this April in Rochester, New York. _To read more about the project background on Lightbox click_ [_here_](http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/11/postcards-from-america-five-photographers-a-writer-two-weeks-and-a-bus/#1 "undefined")_. To read a dispatch from the project click_ [_here_](http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/22/postcards-from-america-dispatch-from-the-road/#1 "undefined")_._  Postcards From America is a collection of objects: a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines. Magnum  Postcards From America comes in a signed and numbered box.  Las Vegas, Nev., 2011 Susan Meiselas—Magnum  Green Valley, Ariz., 2011 Jim Goldberg—Magnum  Del Rio, Texas, 2011 Alec Soth—Magnum  Las Vegas, Nev., 2011 Mikhael Subotzky—Magnum  El Paso, Texas, 2011 Paolo Pellegrin—Magnum  Postcards From America: cover for loose leaf book  Postcards From America: fold-out Alec Soth—Magnum  Postcards From America: covers of Mikhael Subotzky and Jim Goldberg collaborative project, booklets  Postcards From America: spread from "I Went Right Jim Went Left" Mikhael Subotzky—Magnum  Postcards From America: spread from "I Went Left Mikhael Went Right" Jim Goldberg and Mikhael Subotzky—Magnum  Postcards From America: cover of Alec Soth booklet  Postcards From America: spread from "We Don't Ask About the Oryx" Alec Soth—Magnum  Postcards From America: fold-out cover Jim Goldberg—Magnum  Postcards From America: fold-out Jim Goldberg—Magnum  Postcards From America: cover of Susan Meiselas booklet  Postcards From America: back cover of "Where Can I Find a BJ or an HJ" Susan Meiselas—Magnum  Postcards From America: cover of Paolo Pellegrin booklet Paolo Pellegrin—Magnum  Postcards From America: spread from booklet by Paolo Pellegrin Paolo Pellegrin—Magnum  Postcards From America: cover of booklet by Ginger Strand Ginger Strand  Postcards From America: text spread from booklet by Ginger Strand Ginger Strand  Postcards From America Magnum ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3785518/postcards-from-america-the-box-set/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3785518/postcards-from-america-the-box-set/"},"headline":"Postcards From America: The Box Set","datePublished":"2012-01-26T09:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:41:14.691Z","description":"A new limited edition collection published this week documents last summer's road trip taken by Magnum photographers Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Paolo Pellegrin, Alec Soth and Mikhael Subotzky and writer Ginger Strand.","url":"https://time.com/3785518/postcards-from-america-the-box-set/","keywords":["LightBox","America","book","magnum photos","Out There","Magnum","Alec Soth","road trip"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde34aecf9b6a0b36/69879c35e20a872451a86bb0/magnum_postcards_052.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde34aecf9b6a0b36/69879c35e20a872451a86bb0/magnum_postcards_052.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Postcards From America","caption":"Postcards From America is a collection of objects: a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines.","creditText":"Magnum","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3785518/postcards-from-america-the-box-set/","name":"Postcards From America: The Box Set"}}]}] ```