rick smolan

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Bestselling author and editor David Cohen presents What Matters, a book of photo-essays that aims to "convert outrage into action." EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is a rich extension of these ideas - a conference that explores the attitude of understanding in music, film, television, radio, technology, advertising, gaming, interactivity and the web - The Entertainment Gathering Bestselling author and editor, David Elliot Cohen has written or co-authored more than seventy large-format illustrated books -- many with Rick Smolan -- that have collectively sold more than 5 million copies. Most were in the hugely popular Day in the Life or America 24/7 photography book series co-founded by Cohen and Smolan. Four of Cohen's books -- A Day in the Life of America, A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union, Christmas in America and America 24/7 -- have been New York Times bestsellers. Many others have been national bestsellers in the US and abroad, including A Day in the Life of Canada and A Day in the Life of Spain. Cohen also authored a popular travelogue, One Year Off, in 1999. In 2002, Cohen's A Day in the Life of Africa project deployed 95 photojournalists from 23 countries throughout the African continent. In a single 24-hour span, these photojournalists shot more than 50,000 images and 100 hours of videos depicting Africa's vibrant people, landscape and culture. All publishing profits from A Day in the Life of Africa were donated to AIDS education programs for Africa.