Photographer: Rick Smolan

Title: "Robyn Davidson With Camel"

Rick Smolan: "Robyn Davidson With Camel," Indian Ocean, 1977
The image is from Smolan's National Geographic cover story documenting Robyn Davidson's travels across the desolate Australian outback, accompanied only by four camels and a dog. The trip began as a gesture of independence but quickly turned into an all-out battle of wits against the forces of nature and civilization. The Australian outback, as seen through Smolan's camera, is an ancient awesome landscape swept by rain, heat and dust and inhabited by all varieties of marauding wildlife. In this final image from the legendary adventure, Davidson, or "the Camel Lady," arrives with her camels for a dip in the Indian Ocean, 1,700 miles and nine months after they left central Australia.

Rick Smolan (American, b. 1949)

Rick Smolan is a former photographer for Time, Life and National Geographic, best known as co-creator of the bestselling "Day in the Life" book series that captured everyday life in the United States, Japan, Australia, Russia, and other countries. Smolan's Against All Odds Productions combines compelling storytelling with state-of-the-art technology to capture the human face of emerging topics. His projects include bestselling illustrated books, TV specials, apps, and exhibits. They have been featured on the covers of Time, GEO, Fortune, Stern, and The London Sunday Times. His books adorn coffee tables worldwide, including "A Day in the Life of America," "The Human Face of Big Data," and "Blue Planet Run." Smolan's book "From Alice to Ocean" is based on his National Geographic cover story about Robyn Davidson, a young woman who crossed the Australian outback accompanied by only four camels and a dog. Davidson's narrative about her trip, "Tracks," became a bestseller. In 2013, it was turned into a film starring Mia Wasikowska as Davidson and Adam Driver as Smolan.

Signed by photographer

Image size: 27 x 17 inches (landscape)

Approx. framed size: 35 x 25 inches