Love in Australian outback with photographer Rick Smolan! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by

Today's Guest: Photographer Rick Smolan, who is played by actor Adam Driver in the Mia Wasikowska film Tracks and whose new behind-the-scenes book of Robyn Davidson images from the Australia outback is Inside Tracks.

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with photographer Rick Smolan, who is played by actor Adam Driver in the Mia Wasikowska film Tracks and whose new behind-the-scenes book of Robyn Davidson images from the Australia outback is Inside Tracks, by clicking on the video player above!

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of slow-moving camels whose humps store only craft beer… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

Rick Smolan started his career as a photographer, but one unlike most others in his field.

He thinks big. Really big.

One day, Smolan unleashed an entire army of photographers – amateurs and pros alike – on a country to capture a day in its life. He eventually published an entire series of coffee table books with “Day in A Life” images from around the globe.
RICK SMOLAN podcast excerpt: "I had never seen 'Girls' on HBO when they said they had cast Adam Driver in 'Tracks.' I watched one of the shows and it was pretty bizarre to see someone you knew is going to be playing you on the screen. If this happens at all, it usually happens when you're not alive anymore or you've done something so notorious that it's holding you up for ridicule. Adam was wonderful to work with. I met with him in New York City before he went to Australia to play me in the movie. He admitted he had never actually held a 35mm camera before. He said, 'I've taken pictures with my iPhone.' So he wanted someone to spend a day with him, showing him how to hold the camera, how to change a roll of film, how to look like he actually was a photojournalist. He came across very well in the film, I thought."
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