America at Home - Hardcover

Rick Smolan; Jennifer Erwitt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0762434155 ISBN 13: 9780762434152

Publisher: Running Press, 2008

Synopsis

From the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller America 24/7.

The week of September 17, 2007, marked the largest collaborative project in Internet history as 100 of the top photojournalists and millions of Americans documented the concept of home. The result—which included several million photos—is the most extensive record of American home life at the beginning of the 21st century.

Now the powerhouse team of photographers and editors behind such bestselling titles as America 24/7 and the A Day in the Life of... series, present their latest collection of stunning personal and dramatic moments with this tie-in volume.

America at Home aims to capture the emotions of home: the distinctive rituals, ceremonies, traditions, intimate moments, and all the myriad ways in which we work, play, learn, conduct our lives, and interact with friends, family members (and pets!) as we transform our houses (and apartments, trailers, etc.) into our homes. From McMansions to mobile homes, from tree houses to tenement slums, from ranches to old-age homes, the public was invited to help document the harmonies and paradoxes of home life across America over a single seven-day period...

Highlights of this extraordinary project include:

Massive grassroots online outreach: Americans were invited to simultaneously contribute their own images via a series of daily snapshots each day throughout the week. These shots covered topics such as: morning rush, what's for dinner, and evening family rituals. Participants received daily emails with assignment instructions and also took general photos of what makes their home special. The public was able to sign in and upload them at www.MyAmericaAtHome.com.

Multiple formats: An international team of leading magazine and newspaper photo editors edited all of the images, shot by both professionals and amateurs. The best images are woven together here with essays from leading writers in a unique and evocative coffee table book. In addition to the website, a TV show and photography exhibit are planned, with the help (and advertising) of major corporate sponsors such as IKEA, Google, HP's Snapfish, and BabyCenter.com.

About this title

About the Author:

Rick Smolan is one of the original creators of the best-selling Day in the Life series and has been responsible for the most successful photography books in history, including the New York Times #1 bestseller A Day in the Life of America. Smolan’s ambitious and imaginative projects combine storytelling with state-of-the art-technology and have appeared numerous times on the covers of Time, Newsweek, Fortune and US News & World Report.

Jennifer Erwitt, together with her husband Rick Smolan, are Co-Directors of Against All Odds Productions, based in Sausalito, California. Fortune Magazine honored Against All Odds calling them “One of the 25 Coolest Companies in America.” Smolan and Erwitt’s award winning projects include: From Alice to Ocean, Passage to Vietnam, 24 Hours in Cyberspace, One Digital Day, and The Planet Project.

Review:

"About the time it seems books have been written about everything under the sun - and some of them are of little value - someone comes along with a fresh, invigorating idea. America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live is a monumental coffee-table book that portrays Americans of almost every race, economic bracket, locale, age - the list goes on. In short, it is America in pictures." -- The Oklahoman, April 13, 2008

About this edition

• Publisher: Running Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0762434155
• ISBN 13: 9780762434152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240