Release Date: October 17, 2007, Fall 2007
100 YOUNG AMERICANS
A
uthor: Michael FranziniFormat:
Trade PBISBN:
0061192007ISBN13:
9780061192005
Trim:
9x10
Pages:
Illustrations:
Release Date:
10/17/07
Drop Ship Month: August
Price: $29.95 / $27.95 Can.
Territory: W
SYNOPSIS
100 Young Americans chronicles Emmy Award-winning photographer Michael Franzini’s cross-country journey in search for the answer to one question: What does it mean to be an American youth today? The answers will surprise you.
Gorgeously photographed and meticulously researched, 100 YOUNG AMERICANS represents one man’s passionate study of American youths today. From Alaska to Florida, from Maine to California, Franzini traveled to all 50 states speaking to hundreds of diverse teens - including a broad array of ethnicities, cultures, socioeconomic groups, and educational backgrounds - to learn what it truly means to be a young adult in the United States. For each of the 100 young people profiled in the book, he spent hours interviewing them and their parents, capturing the conversations on video and taking rolls and rolls of photos. Ultimately, 100 YOUNG AMERICANS is a sociological study that captures Franzini’s journey and celebrates American youth through stunning photography and incredible narratives; it shows readers that there is no singular description that can accurately capture the beauty and individualism of American youth today.
AUTHOR PROFILE
Michael Franzini is a youth culture expert and Emmy-award winning director and photographer based in Los Angeles and New York. He founded and runs Public Interest, a nonprofit ad agency that creates youth-targeted advertising for MTV and many other networks. Public Interest clients include organizations such as The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Girl Scouts of America, The Elton John AIDS Foundation, Rock The Vote, Google, Nationwide Insurance and the Partnership for a Drug Free America. Michael holds degrees in cognitive science from Carnegie Mellon and in film production from the University of Southern California.