Advertisments
Over 100 Nature Photographers Team Up for Global Event & Once-in-a Lifetime Book
In the tradition of the Day in a Life series and Jim Brandenburg's Chased By The Light, Daybreak 2000 offers nature, photography and book lovers with a breath-taking collection of photos all taken on New Year's Day, 2000. With tripods set at nearly opposi
"On a day when the world's attention is focused on whether computers are working, Daybreak 2000 photographers will focus on the timeless wonder of nature: deserts, forests, mountains, oceans, plants and wildlife," said project creator and editor Roger Tefft. "It is our hope that images like those made during the first day of 2000 can be made again during the first day of 3000 and beyond." The public is invited to glimpse images from the project on the Internet at www.daybreak2000.com beginning in early January.The team of participating photographers scattered at worldwide sites including wildlife refuges and national parks in over 27 countries from Argentina and China to England, the United States and Zimbabwe. Some of the photographers participating in the project include master landscape photographer David Muench (Santa Barbara, CA), who will be photographing in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains; wildlife photographer Heather Angel (United Kingdom); Galen Rowell (Fiji), who will record one of the first images of the new year from the Fiji Islands, and Jim Brandenburg (Ely, MN) who will capture the dawn from Minnesota's acclaimed Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
"Part of the mystery of Daybreak 2000 is that no one knows for certain what the photographers will find," said Tefft. "We will succeed if the images from this project inspire our descendants to nurture Earth's precious places for the benefit of future generations." In addition to the breathtaking images, each photographer will provide a thoughtful caption about the photo, the location and his or her impressions, reflections and emotions at that moment. From those photos and captions a 144-page book will be designed and printed as a hardcover coffee-table book with an on-sale date of February 23, 2000.
"Most photography books take at least 8-12 months to produce, from the photography phase to designing and printing the book," said Don Oster, executive editor at Creative Publishing International. "This book will be photographed, designed, printed and available for purchase in bookstores everywhere in less than six weeks, making it a tremendous publishing story and one of the first new books of the 21st century."