Elsewhere

In this adventure memoir, Bethany shares stories and artwork from her year of travel in a tiny van, exploring America and creating fantasy photography portraits of the amazing people she met along the way.

Would you leave your job, pack up your life, and hit the road in order to stay with strangers and make art with them? From horseback riding with a new friend in Maryland to gardening in Slab City, from attending an impromptu wedding to flying in a prop plane over Wyoming, Elsewhere is one woman's solo journey of bravery and creativity. Accompanied by portraits of the people who hosted her, the stories revolve around making new friends and the artistic process of crafting photo shoots with them. Bethany's images evoke a timeless aesthetic and are drawn from the collective imagination of her and her hosts: vampires and witches, elves and warriors, dragons and masterminds. But the fantasy embodied in her artwork belies the reality of life as a wanderer, and her tale is full of both the joy and the gritty truth of a year on the road.

Part travelog, part art book, Elsewhere is a must for anyone who dreams of escaping the norm and living a creative nomadic life.