The Obama Time Capsule

Rick Smolan

Against All Odds Productions

The images and stories captured in The Human Face of Big Data are the result of an extraordinary artistic, technical, and logistical juggling act aimed at capturing the human face of the Big Data Revolution. Big Data is defined as the real time collection, analyses, and visualization of vast amounts of the information. In the hands of Data Scientists this raw information is fueling a revolution which many people believe may have as big an impact on humanity going forward as the Internet has over the past two decades. Its enable us to sense, measure, and understand aspects of our existence in ways never before possible. The Human Face of Big Data captures, in glorious photographs and moving essays, an extraordinary revolution sweeping, almost invisibly, through business, academia, government, healthcare, and everyday life. It's already enabling us to provide a healthier life for our children. To provide our seniors with independence while keeping them safe. To help us conserve precious resources like water and energy. To alert us to tiny changes in our health, weeks or years before we develop a life-threatening illness. To peer into our own individual genetic makeup. To create new forms of life. And soon, as many predict, to re-engineer our own species. And we've barely scratched the surface . . . Over the past decade, Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, co-founders of Against All Odds Productions, have produced a series of ambitious global projects in collaboration with hundreds of the world's leading photographers, writers, and graphic designers. Their Day in the Life projects were credited for creating a mass market for large-format illustrated books (rare was the coffee table book without one). Today their projects aim at sparking global conversations about emerging topics ranging from the Internet (24 Hours in Cyberspace), to Microprocessors (One Digital Day), to how the human race is learning to heal itself, (The Power to Heal) to the global water crisis (Blue Planet Run). This year Smolan and Erwitt dispatched photographers and writers in every corner of the globe to explore the world of “Big Data” and to determine if it truly does, as many in the field claim, represent a brand new toolset for humanity, helping address the biggest challenges facing our species. The book features 10 essays by noted writers:Introduction: OCEANS OF DATA by Dan Gardner Chapter 1: REFLECTIONS IN A DIGITAL MIRROR by Juan Enriquez, CEO, Biotechnomomy Chapter 2: OUR DATA OURSELVES by Kate Green, the Economist Chapter 3: QUANTIFYING MYSELF by AJ Jacobs, Esquire Chapter 4: DARK DATA by Marc Goodman, Future Crime Institute Chapter 5: THE SENTIENT SENSOR MESH by Susan Karlin, Fast Company Chapter 6: TAKING THE PULSE OF THE PLANET by Esther Dyson, EDventure Chapter 7: CITIZEN SCIENCE by Gareth Cook, the Boston Globe Chapter 8: A DEMOGRAPH OF ONE by Michael Malone, Forbes magazine Chapter 9: THE ART OF DATA by Aaron Koblin, Google Artist in Residence Chapter 10: DATA DRIVEN by Jonathan Harris, Cowbird The book will also feature stunning info graphics from NIGEL HOLMES.1) GOOGLING GOOGLE: all the ways Google uses Data to help humanity 2) DATA IS THE NEW OIL 3) THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TWITTER 4) AUCTIONING EYEBALLS: The world of Internet advertising 5) FACEBOOK: A Billion Friends

The Human Face of Big Data

Science & Math

Smolan, Rick

Erwitt, Jennifer

Technology

Through stunning images, acclaimed photographer Rick Smolan tells the astounding story of Robyn Davidson, who crossed the desolate Australian outback accompanied only by four camels and a dog. Now, Davidson's exhilarating wilderness adventure is a major motion picture, and this remarkable volume presents both Smolan's original photographs along with those from the movie, TRACKS. As an exciting bonus, the book incorporates Aurasma technology that enables readers to point their smart devices at one of the pictures from the original journey and then watch that scene as it is brought to life in the movie.

Inside Tracks: Robyn Davidson's Solo Journey Across the Outback

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

"A powerful collection of personal journeys through words, images, music, and videos that shows how much progress still lies ahead in the quest for dignity and equality.” —Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Steve Jobs From the creator of the bestselling Day in the Life series comes an extraordinary illustrated book showing how much progress has been made in America over the last 100 years against hatred, bigotry, racism, and injustice—and how much more work remains to be done. The Good Fight vividly depicts the human face of America's sporadically violent, often triumphant, always risky struggle to fulfill the promise of freedom and equality for all. Fought in the streets, the courthouse, and the corridors of Congress, it is a story that has become America's own morality play, illustrated here through more than 180 memorable photographs, nearly 60 embedded videos, over a dozen compelling essays plus examples of music and lyrics that rallied America's resistance to injustice. For those who wish to eradicate bigotry and intolerance in America, The Good Fight is a call to action. It shows us how much we as a nation have accomplished; it also reminds us of the fragility of our success and how quickly this hard-fought progress can slip away if we do not remain vigilant. In addition, The Good Fight features a smartphone app (THE GOOD FIGHT VIEWER) that enables readers to point their smartphones or tablets at over 60 photos to immediately stream online video clips, including TED Talks, that vividly bring each story to life. This timely book captures the struggles—and the successes—experienced by women, African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Muslims, the LGBTQ community, Latinos, Asian Americans, and the disabled. Along with the eloquent images and graphics, The Good Fight includes short guest essays from individuals representing each group. The writers include: <ul>
<li>George Takei, Star Trek television and film star</li>
<li>Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times
</li>
<li>Todd Brewster, award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and historian</li>
<li>Bryan Stevenson, bestselling author and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative</li>
<li>Cleve Jones, best-selling author and creator of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt</li>
<li>Jonathan Broder, award-winning journalist, formerly of the Chicago Tribune, NPR and Newsweek
</li>
<li>Ray Suarez, best-selling author and former correspondent for PBS NewsHour and NPR’s Talk of the Nation
</li>
<li>Charles Ramsey, former DC Police Chief and President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing</li>
<li>Aimee Mullins, actress and Paralympics world-record holder</li>
<li>Zak Ebrahim, bestselling author and speaker on nonviolence</li>
<li>Wajahat Ali, New York Times columnist and creative director of Affinis Labs</li>
<li>Tiffany Shlain, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards</li>
<li>Mat Johnson, bestselling author and recipient of the United States Artists James Baldwin Fellowship</li>
<li>Richard Bernstein, bestselling author, former Time Bureau Chief and New York Times correspondent</li>
</ul>

The Good Fight: America's Ongoing Struggle for Justice

History

Americas

Passage to Vietnam, the result of a remarkable collaboration between East and West, is a fascinating look at an ancient nation caught in the midst of dramatic change. Spectacular photographs and a detailed text present the most intimate and comprehensive look at Vietnam ever assembled. To create this unusual portrait, 70 photographers from fourteen countries were given unprecedented access to a country that is just now emerging from decades of war and isolation. Magnum photographer Bruno Barbey rode along with thousands of pilgrims down the Swallow River to the Perfume Pagoda. Pulitzer Prize-winner Jay Dickman traveled to the northern highlands, where he photographed the ancient Hmong tribe. And former Life photographer Dick Swanson went back to Vietnam for the first time since the war, photographing its lingering effects on the people of Quang Tri Province. The photographs are complemented by captions written by Fortune magazine editor Colin Leinster. In addition, noted travel writer Pico Iyer shares his impressions of a country just awakening from twenty years of isolation. Pulitzer Prize-winner Stanley Karnow explores the long struggle the Vietnamese have waged to preserve their homeland. And Vietnam Investment Review correspondent Peter Saidel gives an insider's look at Vietnam as socialism and commerce meet face to face.

Passage to Vietnam: Through the Eyes of Seventy Photographers

You are invited to go on assignment with the world's best photojournalists as they create an intimate portrait of today's Vietnam, 20 years after the end of the war -- Rick Smolan

Passage to Wetnam was created by Rick Smolan, the creator
of the Day in the Life books, the bestselling photographic series in American history with over 3 million copies sold. Smolan, a former Time, Life and National Geographic photographer, also created the groundbreaking title "From Alice to Ocean". He was recently chosen by American Photo as one of "Photography's Top 100" most influential
people. 

Passage to Wetnam is regarded as a landmark project in interactive publishing and has been featured on "Good Morning America," "Dateline NBC," PBS, and NPR, and in Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes and Business Week.

The 224-page hard cover book is supplemented by the interactive CD-ROM containing hundreds of photographs and video depicting daily life in Vietnam.

Passage to Vietnam/Book and Cd-Rom

From Alice to Ocean

Davidson, Robyn

24 Hours In Cyberspace Photographed On

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