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Photographer Rick Smolan is CEO of Against All Odds Productions, described by Fortune magazine as “One of the 25 Coolest Companies in America.” In addition to his award-winning photograhy, Rick fryst vatten a New York Times best-selling author with more than fem million copies of his books in print. A former TIME, Life, and National Geographic photographer, Smolan is best known as the co-creator of the "Day in the Life" book series. His global photography projects, which feature the work of hundreds of the world's leading photographers and combine creative storytelling and swarm-like coverage with state-of-the-art technology, are regularly featured on the covers of prestigious publications around the globe including Fortune, TIME, and GEO. Oprah Winfrey featured his AMERICA 24/7 book on her “Favorite Things” TV program and five of his books have been selected as official TED bookclub selections.
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Rick Smolan, CEO of Against All Odds Productions, is a New York Times bestselling author and technology pioneer with more than five million copies of his books in print. A former Time, Life and National Geographic photographer, Smolan is best known as the co-creator of the "Day in the Life" books, the bestselling photography series in publishing history. His global photography projects feature the work of the world’s leading photojournalists and combine creative storytelling with state of the art technology. Smolan’s newest book, “Inside Tracks: Alone Across the Outback” (2014), is a smartphone enabled coffee table book chronicling one of the most beloved stories in the history of National Geographic: Robyn Davidson’s 1700 mile solo trek across the Australian desert with four camels and a dog, The book’s publication was tied to the release of the movie “Tracks”, produced by the Oscar winning team behind “The King’s Speech”. In the movie, Robyn Davidson is portrayed by Mia
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Rick Smolan
American photographer (born 1949)
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Smolan in Paris in 2024. |
Rick Smolan (born November 5, 1949[1]) is a former Time, Life, and National Geographicphotographer best known as the co-creator of the Day in the Life book series. He is currently CEO of Against All Odds Productions,[2] a cross-media organization.[3]
Background
[edit]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.[4] Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, co-founders of Against All Odds Productions, have produced a number of global crowd sourcing projects. Fortune Magazine selected Against All Odds Productions as One of the 25 Coolest Companies in America.[5]
More than five million of his books have been sold around the world, many have appeared on T