Tennessee 24/7 [Hardcover]

Rick Smolan (Author), David Elliot Cohen (Author)

Book Description

Series: 24/7 State Books | Publication Date: September 27, 2004

Take a visual journey through Tennessee! The extraordinary photographs showcased in Tennessee 24/7 are an extension of the America 24/7 project, an unprecedented digital photography venture that harnessed the talents of more than 25,000 local photographers in all 50 states. This remarkable book showcases 524 images adding up to a panoramic glimpse of life-in-progress in the Volunteer State. You ll discover heartwarming photographs that perfectly capture the spirit of the state, with images of: The bars of Beale Street A curator dusting the banister at Graceland Tobacco seedlings going into the ground in Springfield Rafters on the Middle Ocoee Morning fog in Shady Grove Alamo workers testing a million-volt cascade transformer The governor and his entourage lining up for lunch at Swett s Cafeteria A truck rally in Pigeon Forge And more! From the Smokies to the banks of the Mississippi, these images capture the life of the land and the human intimacy inside, where the heart is.

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About the Author

Rick Smolan and David Elliott Cohen are the original creators of the best selling Day in the Life series and have been responsible for the most successful photography books in history including the New York Times #1 best seller A Day in the Life of America.

Smolan and Cohen'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.

Smolan and his wife Jennifer Erwitt are Co-Directors 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.

Cohen is President of Western Arts Management based in Ross California. His award winning books include The Circle of Life, The Now and Then series, One Year Off and A Day in the Life of Africa.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (September 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756600839
• ISBN-13: 978-0756600839
• Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 10.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,218,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Photographic Masterpiece, April 7, 2011

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Alan Houston "alanhouston-texas" (Houston, Texas, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tennessee 24/7 (Hardcover)

I have spent 40 years trying to become a better photographer. During that time, I have looked at many books of photography, trying to figure out why THEIR photos are so wonderful and so mine are consistently mediocre. I am becoming to suspect that the answer may involve talent.

This is one of the best books of photography I've seen in those 40 years. A team of photographers spent a week in 2003 trying to capture the essence of ordinary daily life in that state (other teams did books for the other 49 states and D.C.). A man cleaning the brass nameplate on Elvis's headstone. A kayak on the Mississippi at night. Listening to the blues at a club in Memphis. A little girl blowing soap bubbles in the yard. A bride and groom kissing. A steer being evaluated at an auction. Men at a barbershop. The tiny hand of a newborn baby. Fishing at dawn. A picnic at a baseball game. The ruins of the city of Jackson after a tornado. The Peabody Duck Parade. High School graduation. Musicians jamming with friends.

The result is a "family album" of everyday life in middle America. This is NOT a book about Tennessee nor photos of mountains and valleys (Okay...ONE photo of mountains). It is a book about people, and the photos make those people seem as familiar as the family next door. If you enjoy the type of photography that National Geographic does when it does takes an in-depth look at a community, you will love this book.

Many of the photos are reproduced at 13 inch by 10 inch size. A few are double-page spreads of 20 inches by 13 inches. The color quality is a amazing. The color is natural and lifelike, which is a goal most portrait photography fails to achieve. As a phographer, I am amazed to find out that most of the photos, even the 20 inch by 13 inch photos, were taken with 5 megapixel point and shoot cameras provided by Olympus. Today, even a $79 camera is likely to have 10 megapixels....these photos prove that megapixels are a myth...what is important is eye (and heart) of the photographer.

The high quality photography, the fine paper and binding indicates that this book ought to be selling for $50 or $75. I found a copy for $5. A true bargain.

Dozens of photographers contributed to this book. I am guessing most of them are very proud of this book...no project has done a better job of capturing the essence of daily life in an American community.