Founded by photojournalist Rick Smolan, creator of the best-selling Day in the Life
photography series, and Jennifer Erwitt, Project Director of that series, Against All Odds Productions specializes in the design and execution of large-scale photographic projects that combine compelling story-telling with state-of-the-art technology.On 24 Hours in Cyberspace, the company has teamed up with Eastman Kodak, Sun Microsystems, Adobe Systems, and other leading companies to mount the largest collaborative Internet project ever.
The company's first interactive project, From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback, gained international recognition as the first illustrated book ever to include an interactive CD-ROM. Since its publication three years ago, From Alice to Ocean has become one of the most recognized multimedia publications in the new world of interactive publishing. Publishers Weekly called it "a stunning, addictive and mesmerizing experience that may well change the course of publishing forever."
Special offer on From Alice to Ocean.
Against All Odds' most recent project, Passage to Vietnam, was first released as a large-format illustrated book in the Fall of 1994, co-published with Melcher Media. It was featured on "Good
Morning America", CNN, and in an eight-page photo excerpt in
Newsweek magazine.
The CD-ROM version of
Passage to Vietnam
, co-published with Interval Research, and developed by ad hoc Interactive
and distributed by Broderbund Software, was released in June of 1995, and
generated widespread press coverage and critical acclaim. Hailed as
"the best CD-ROM ever" by the
Chicago Sun Times, Passage to Vietnam was also the winner of the prestigious 1995 NewMedia INVISION Award.
