America 24/7 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Rick Smolan, David Elliot Cohen
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 85956
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 10.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0789499754
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.300222
UPC: 635517099751
EAN: 9780789499752
ASIN: 0789499754
Publication Date: October 2003
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America 24/7 reunites the team that started the popular A Day in the Life series of photography books, Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen. Those books sought to profile a single day in a country or city through pictures. Here, the concept is similar but far more epic in scope: photojournalistic, people-driven snapshots of young and old at work and play throughout the entire United States over a given time period (in this case, one week). Another twist this time is that more than 25,000 amateur and professional photographers snapped all of the pictures with digital cameras. From the million-plus photos submitted, 25,000 were chosen for a total of 53 volumes, one on America, one for each state, and one each for D.C. and New York City. The result is an amazing array of subjects, but all shot with a consistency of tone. Composition, lighting, and camera effects aren't as important as the content. the gener! al sentiment one gets from the images: Muslim high school girls jumping rope in traditional headcovers, Roller Bladers on the Brooklyn Bridge, electrical lineman students learning to climb telephone poles, Eve Fletcher, a 76-year-old California surfer, or Tonto, the "seeing-eye" miniature horse. There are babies, children, rites of passage, monuments, forests, circus performers, movie stars, and cattlemen. The images might be a tad sentimental, but not overly so. In addition, readers can order a custom book jacket at www.america24-7.com/customcover, using their own digital photo as the cover. --Eric Reyes
Book Description
An American time capsule: From the original creators of the Day in the Life book series comes America 24/7, an epic project harnessing the talents of more than 25,000 photographers. The America 24/7 team of first-time digital photographers, photography students, top international photojournalists and newspaper shooters--including 36 Pulizer Prize winners--took extraordinary pictures of an ordinary American week during a pivotal period in our nations history. In homes, schools, factories and farmlands across America, they wove a rich tapestry of American life. This once in a generation collection of more than 1200 stunning photographs is a touchstone of contemporary photojournalism and a must have album for every American home.
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 Be Aware . . . Costome Cover NOT Available April 22, 2008
If you'd like to have a book itself, that's fine. But if you, like me, want to have a costome cover, it is not available after January 2007. So you can not get the cover...It should be noted, so it deserve just 1 star.
 Misled December 30, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very happy with the book itself. However, I am disappointed I was not notified prior to purchasing TWO for Christmas presents that you can no longer personalize the front cover. It should be noted for all customers to see. Also, never heard back from the company when I emailed my disappointment.
 America 24/7 January 12, 2007
We were aware of the content prior to ordering, so we knew what we were getting. However, two of the four covers were torn. Since all were for gifts, we were disappointed that they were damaged.
Great Gift January 10, 2007
EXCELLENT!!! I ordered several 24/7 books new and used.
Then ordered covers from the 24/7 web site with pictures of family members.
Many with old candid long forgotten pictures.
These were given to family members from Coast to Coast. Even though
I wasn't with my family for the holidays I was a hit at every gathering.
For the uniqueness and the thoughtfulness of the Gift..
100 pictures say a million words... July 4, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book. It captures America at its finest and also not-so finest, but thats America for you. "They" say a picture says 1,000 words but there are so many pictures in this book that capture life at its fullest and these pictures say a million words. I rented the book from the library for the longest time and kept renewing it because I enjoyed looking at it so often, and finally I bought my own- and several others like Missouri 24/7, California 24/7, florida 24/7... etc. This is something that should be sitting on your coffee table, or at least something you look through once.
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