Rick Smolan: Photo Journalist, National Geographic Photographer, and co-creator of the best-selling “A Day in the Life” series

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4.6 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Rick Smolan has lived a life traveling around the world documenting with his camera for National Geographic, Time, and Life magazines. He famously photographed Robyn Davidson on her 1,700 solo trek across the Australian desert with four camels and a dog in 1977 which earned a cover story on National Geographic, became a best selling book with Rick's photos, and was turned into a movie called Tracks with Adam Driver playing Rick in the movie. Listen to Rick Smolan talk about being a photo journalist and photographer and share gems from his life. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:48.3	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people.
0:52.4	Today's remarkable guest is Rick Smollin. He is a
0:55.5	1972 graduate of Dickinson College. He co-created the Day in the Life series of books.
1:02.4	These books were about Australia, America, Soviet Union, and many other locations. The idea,
1:09.5	by the way, was rejected by more than 30 traditional publishers.
1:14.0	Before he became a publishing mogul himself, he was a photographer for time, life, and national
1:20.0	geographic. Going back even further, rumor has it that he started taking pictures, partially
1:26.3	because it enabled him to talk to pretty girls.
1:29.3	He and Jennifer Irwit co-founded a company called Against All Odds Productions to manage their publishing projects.
1:36.3	In 1995, Fortune magazine named the company one of the 25 coolest companies in America.
1:43.3	Smolet and Erwitt created the market for large format illustrated books.
1:48.6	You could say they owned the coffee table market.
1:51.8	Their other books include Passage to Vietnam,
1:55.1	The Human Face of Big Data, 24 Hours in Cyberspace,
1:59.4	America 24 by 7, Blue Planet Run, and the Obama Time Capsule.
2:05.0	Their latest book is The Good Fight, America's ongoing struggle for justice.
2:09.5	It documents how much progress America has made against hatred, bigotry, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and injustice.
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