INSIDE TRACKS: Alone Across the Outback

A project in New York, NY by Rick Smolan
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A stunning Smartphone enabled coffee table book based on Robyn Davidson’s legendary 1,700 mile camel trek across the Australian Outback
Backers: 452
Average Pledge Per Backer: $134

Funded: $60,450 of $43,500
Dates: Sep 17th -> Oct 17th (30 days)
Project By: Rick Smolan
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Latest News

Behind the Photographs : The Beach

October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers We have less than 24 hours to go and are still hoping to hit out 60K stretch goal so our friends at Lynda.com can give every single backer a complimentary subscription to their service. Anything you can do to let your friends and family... (Read More)

Yahoo! Kickstarter just honored INSIDE TRACKS by making it a "Staff Pick"

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Folks, Exciting news! With only 48 hours until our campaign ends, the folks back at Kickstarter headquarters just made INSIDE TRACKS a Staff Pick!  Being featured this way is a real honor and we hope it will enable us to hit our Stretch Goal of... (Read More)

Scene for Scene: How the filmmakers were inspired by Rick's photos

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Guys, With only three days left until our INSIDE TRACKS campaign ends we wanted to share another Touchcast video with all of our backers and encourage you to share this email with your friends and family.  One of the most remarkable things about... (Read More)

National Geographic Features INSIDE TRACKS on their home page

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, We are beyond thrilled that National Graphic featured the story behind our INSIDE TRACKS Kickstarter campaign on the home page of their PROOF blog.... (Read More)

INSIDE TRACKS featured as the exclusive exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography

October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, Last week Rick was honored to give an hour-long presentation at the opening of his INSIDE TRACKS exhibit appearing in Skylight Studios at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles.  The museum's curators had to turn away more... (Read More)

Announcing a new "Stretch Goal" designed to stretch your mind!

October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Guys, With only six days left until our campaign ends we are excited to announce a new stretch goal of $60,000 and a retroactive reward to every single backer if we hit the stretch goal by this Friday. Have you ever wanted to learn how to use... (Read More)

Robyn Davidson and Mia Wasikowska interviewed together about the TRACKS movie

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backer, Have you ever wondered who would play you in a movie about your life?  Robyn Davidson and Mia Wasikowska (the extraordinary young Australian actress who portrays Robyn in TRACKS) spent time together during the 2 month filming of TRACKS... (Read More)

Recommending another terrific Kickstarter project

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, We are guessing that since you've backed INSIDE TRACKS you are probably someone who appreciates great photography.   Assuming that's the case there is another Kickstarter project currently underway by a terrific photographer named Al... (Read More)

The Dangers Robyn Faced

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers Today's update features a video created by our friends at Touchcast in which Rick reflects on the many dangers that Robyn’s faced as she travelled alone for nine months across 1700 miles of treacherous Australian Outback. ... (Read More)

A huge thanks to The Unofficial Apple Weblog for this terrific praise

October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Folks! We are VERY excited about this praise from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (one of the most influential and well read Mac blogs): "INSIDE TRACKS is one of the few Kickstarter campaigns I've viewed recently that really melds both traditional... (Read More)

Behind the Photographs

October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers We’ve just hit our goal with 10 days left in the campaign and can’t thank you enough for your support! Over the next few days we’ll be to announcing our first stretch goal and some exciting new rewards. Today's update features the... (Read More)

INSIDE TRACKS on KCRW

October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
National Public Radio did a wonderful piece today about INSIDE TRACKS and enthusiastically encouraged listeners to back our Kickstarter campaign (http://kck.st/1u9gymq) to help us self publish the book. Have a listen and please forward to your... (Read More)

Adding a new reward because of popular demand!

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers, Firstly thank you so much for your on going support! Several backers have mentioned they would love to purchase more than two copies of INSIDE TRACKS. Your wish is our command, we made a new reward, ONE TO KEEP, THREE TO GIVE. Anyone who... (Read More)

New reward Level Added

September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We’ve got more exciting news to share. Many people have expressed interest in getting a copy of the National Geographic Issue in which Robyn’s story first appeared so today we are pleased to be adding a new reward level to our campaign. $1... (Read More)

Inside Tracks : Behind the Photographs

September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
In Today's update I wanted to thank all of you with a video that shares stories from "Behind the Photographs" of Robyn's trek. This is the first of six short videos that we'll be posting over the next few weeks. Please feel free to share these videos... (Read More)

Here is the video of the Time For Kids interview

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
For some reason the link to Phoebe's interview on Time For Kids didn't work in the email, Here is the video: You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

My daughter on Time For Kids with Robyn Davidson!

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Many thanks again for backing my INSIDE TRACKS Tracks campaign! As a father of two young kids I’ve got some exiting news to share Every week a print publication called TIME FOR KIDS is delivered to 4 million students across the United States and... (Read More)

Thrilled to reach 50% in one week!!!

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
A HUGE THANK YOU for supporting our campaign!!! This has been an exciting week: in just 8 days our INSIDE TRACKS project is already 50% funded!!! Publicity about the movie (and our Kickstarter campaign!) has been through the roof - National... (Read More)

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