A Day in the World - Jeppe Wikstrom

One Day?millions of perspectives. On May 15, 2012, people from around the globe will pick up their cameras to record their lives,A Day in the Worldwill be the result. Professionals and amateur shutterbugs alike are featured in this beautiful edition, the most comprehensive photographic documentation of daily life ever made. Tribal areas and urban sprawl, intimate portraits and riotous events,A Day in the Worldcaptures a global scope with the candor only a photograph can capture.

The book was the brainchild of the movement Aday.org, a unique project that celebrates the power of photography to encourage cultural understanding. Based on the philosophy that everyone’s life matters, contributors come from areas as varied as the Earth itself?farmers, fishermen, office workers, and award-winning photo-journalists. Harnessing the reach of the Web, an interactive site was the hub for the project, and then the best 1000 images were selected by an international jury. Ultimately,A Day in the Worldis not only an around-the-globe ticket for the armchair traveler?it is an invaluable record of the people on our planet, sure to spark reflections on humankind for generations to come.

A Day in the Worldlaunches from Aday.org, a branch of the foundation Expressions of Humankind. The foundation’s council includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson, singer/songwriter Robyn, and a host of other luminaries and advocates for the project.