A Say in the Life of America; Photographed by 200 of the world's leading photojournalist son one day
New York: Collins Publishers, 1986. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 14.25 inches. 268, [4] pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Maps. There is some text/captioning. Oversized book that will require additional shipping costs if sent outside of the United States. Rick Smolan (born November 5, 1949) is a former Time, Life, and National Geographic photographer best known as the co-creator of the Day in the Life book series. He is currently CEO of Against All Odds Productions, a cross-media organization. Smolan is a 1972 graduate of Dickinson College and co-created the best-selling Day in The Life Series photography series with David Elliot Cohen who are credited for creating the mass market for large-format illustrated books. David Elliot Cohen is an American author and editor who has, over a 30-year span, created more than 70 photography books. He is probably best known for the best-selling Day in the Life and America 24/7 series of photography books that he co-created with Rick Smolan. Cohen created four New York Times bestsellers: A Day in the Life of America (1986), A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union (1987), Christmas in America (1988), and America 24/7 (2003). His 2009 book, Obama: The Historic Front Pages was a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller. His 2008 book, What Matters combined photo-reportage about essential issues of our time with essays by prominent commentators including Samantha Power, Jeffrey Sachs and Bill McKibben. The Chicago Tribune called the book, "Powerful and passionate." On May 2, 1986, 200 of the world's leading photojournalists set out across America to capture the life of a nation on film in a single day. The best 300 of these photographs, in color and black-and-white, are featured in this sumptuous volume. This project was the subject of a PBS documentary, a feature article in Newsweek, and a traveling exhibit. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: The latest, and by far the most ambitious, in the A Day in the Life series is extremely substantial, The pictures, mostly in color, generally avoid the kind of heavy-breathing grandiosity and flowery patriotism the title and the times might indicate. The formula, as spelled out in Smolan's letter to the hundreds of participating photographers from all around the world, is simple: on one day, in this case last May 2, they fan out all over the country and shoot what takes their fancy. The more than a quarter-million shots that result are then edited down to the final book. There is structure, the book begins at dawn and ends late at night. The captions vary in length and cogency, and there is a longish section at the end of the book about the many skills needed to bring it off. It is the pictures themselves that count, and they are impressive. There is a welcome emphasis on people at work rather than on scenery, and a minimum of gimmickry and obviously set-up shots; it is good, too, to see handsome black-and-white images in a book of this scope. It is easy to imagine this having the same kind of success The Family of Man had 30 years ago. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Photography, Photojournalism, Pictorial Works, United States, America, Jay Dickman, Gerit Fokkema, John Vink, Larry Price, Prize-winning, Mary Ellen Mark, Frans Lanting
ISBN: 0002177056
[Book #84537]
Price: $100.00