| Edition |
First Atria Books hardcover edition |
| Description |
xix, 171 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
In the spring of 1985, a technological revolution was under way in Silicon Valley, and documentary photographer Doug Menuez was there in search of a story--something big. At the same time, Steve Jobs was being forced out of his beloved Apple and starting over with a new company, NeXT Computer. His goal was to build a supercomputer with the power to transform education. Menuez had found his story: he proposed to photograph Jobs and his extraordinary team as they built this new computer, from conception to product launch. In an amazing act of trust, Jobs granted Menuez unlimited access to the company, and, for the next three years, Menuez was able to get on film the spirit and substance of innovation through the day-to-day actions of the world's top technology guru. From there, the project expanded to include the most trailblazing companies in Silicon Valley, all of which granted Menuez the same complete access that Jobs had granted. Menuez photographed behind the scenes with John Warnock at Adobe, John Sculley at Apple, Bill Gates at Microsoft, John Doerr at Kleiner Perkins, Bill Joy at Sun Microsystems, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove at Intel, Marc Andreessen at Netscape, and more than seventy other leading companies and innovators. It would be fifteen years before Menuez stopped taking pictures, just as the dotcom bubble burst. An extraordinary era was coming to its close. |
| Subject |
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
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Documentary photography -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
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High technology -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History.
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Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781476752693 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1476752699 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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