Indiana 24/7

The images collected in Indiana 24/7 are part of America 24/7, an epic project that harnessed the talents of more than 25,000 professional, amateur, and student photographers. The project challenged these photographers to "go out and shoot digital pictures that tell us about your life, your community, your state, your country." More than a million digital pictures were taken for America 24/7, and the best-submitted via the Internet-were painstakingly selected by 36 of the nation's leading photo editors. The 595 images of Indiana 24/7, both epic and intimate, professional and amateur, add up to a panoramic glimpse of life-in-progress in the Hoosier State: Spring rains push the Ohio River into a deserted campground in Evansville. A farm boy wakes up early to muck out the barn in Wadesville, while a Buddhist monk haggles with a Fort Wayne car salesman. The town of Jasper comes together at a candlelight vigil for its fallen police officers. The sun sinks into Lake Michigan, silhouetting a group of teenage partygoers at the top of a sand dune west of Gary. The crossroads of America, Indiana is the heart of the Heartland-home to the Indy 500, Cole Porter, and the Wabash Cannonball. It's also some kind of rolling, wooded shrine to the sport of basketball. In image after image, the Hoosier spirit leaps up off the page. Created by Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen, the team behind The New York Times bestsellers A Day in the Life of America and America 24/7, Indiana 24/7 is an unprecedented digital adventure, capturing as never before the heart and soul of the state.Smolan, Rick is the author of 'Indiana 24/7', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756600549 and ISBN 0756600545.