Rick Smolan appears to be a very lucky person. His photography career, as he puts it, has been favored by fate. It is amazing how well timed his career highlights have come to be. Being so young and passionate about photography and getting the chance to work for Time Magazine, he got to travel the world and see interesting cultures and document life changing events. The most interesting accomplishment, to me, was the "Day in the Life of Australia" event that he spent almost two years organizing. This event challenged 100 of the best photographers in the world to come to Australia for one day and take pictures, afterwards, only the best pictures were chosen and comprised into a book.
He has had a journalist career that most would dream of. On top of everything that he has done he is very funny and full of life. You can read on his face that he does not regret a single decision in his many years of photography / journalism and now publishing. I admire how determined he was to pursue his dreams though discouraged by his parents. Funny enough though, his father was a photographer in the military. I thought the lynda.com videos featuring him were very organized. I would definitely enjoy looking at more of his work.
Rick Smolan on Wikipedia
