California 24/7

24/7

by D.K. Publishing, David Elliot Cohen

The America 24/7 series recruited photographers, picture editors, and popular columnists from America's leading newspapers to capture an unprecedented time capsule of American life. With remarkable photographs that illuminate the diversity and richness of our nation, each individual state book is a visual journey. Full color. each book.

Genres: Photography

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 27, 2004

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Madeline Wright · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some stunning photos. LA featured photos included Long Beach, Culver City, Venice, Hollywood, Malibu, and the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. There's an interesting selection process for the final cut of the book illustrated in the back. I realize this book was published almost 15 years ago from sourced photos, but I still think photo editors could have stood to include a bit more of the unknown Cali rather than highlighting the popular areas that everyone already knows about multiple times.

[Matt Mazenauer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some remarkable photos and stories reveald by the small accompanying paragraphs are balanced out by a majority of average photographs, which could have been taken anywhere. Yup, those are farmers in a lettuce field. Yeah, that's someone's wedding, and this is someone watching TV. A brilliant idea for a project, but the top border of every page cas thumbnails of unused photograps, many of which caught my eye more.