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ABOUT THE PROJECT: Doug Menuez was invited by Steve Jobs and other leading innovators of the Digital Revolution to record their stories of struggle, failure, sacrifice and success. From 1985-2000 he photographed the people who created more jobs and wealth than at any time in human history. Now he’s sharing his rare photos and eyewitness stories through the FEARLESS GENIUS project.

 

250,000 RARE PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENT THE INVENTORS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

 
 
 
 
 

FEARLESS GENIUS: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000
by Doug Menuez

Fearless Genius captures the human face of innovation and shows what it takes to transform powerful ideas into reality. Foreword by Elliot Erwitt, Introduction by Kurt Andersen.

“An indispensable look at how the world we know now was actually constructed … a vital piece of photographic history.” — Kirkus Reviews

Print length : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 1476752699
ISBN-13 : 978-1476752693
Dimensions : 9.25 x 0.7 x 10.88 inches
Language : English
Genre : Documentary

 
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An award-winning documentary photographer delivers a stunning visual history of the Silicon Valley technology boom, in which he was witness to key moments in the careers of Steve Jobs and more than seventy other leading innovators as they created today’s digital world.

An eye-opening chronicle of the Silicon Valley technology boom, capturing key moments in the careers of Steve Jobs and more than seventy other leading innovators as they created today’s digital world.

 
 
 
 

Fearless Genius is a cross-media project, with a range of integrated elements, based on my archive of rare photographs documenting the digital revolution in the 1980's and '90's. I had access to the leading innovators including Steve Jobs, as they built the world we live in. The Fearless Genius bestselling photography book is now in 6 countries/17 languages and over 100 million have seen the project via the books, touring exhibits, talks and worldwide viral press, and now we are producing a documentary series and non-profit education program to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs, engineers and innovators.

 
 
DOCUMENTARY A feature-length documentary for theatrical release that celebrates the creative power of ideas, the passion and sacrifice required to change the world. Inspirational stories of past and present innovators and a look at the future.

DOCUMENTARY

A feature-length documentary for theatrical release that celebrates the creative power of ideas, the passion and sacrifice required to change the world. Inspirational stories of past and present innovators and a look at the future.

TV + WEB SERIES A groundbreaking documentary series that builds on the past while looking to the future. Features the next fearless geniuses hard at work building our future. Coming 2017-2019.

TV + WEB SERIES

A groundbreaking documentary series that builds on the past while looking to the future. Features the next fearless geniuses hard at work building our future. Coming 2017-2019.

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS A stunning audio-visual exhibition that provides an immersive visual journey and detailed insider’s view of the Digital Revolution.

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

A stunning audio-visual exhibition that provides an immersive visual journey and detailed insider’s view of the Digital Revolution.

 
EDUCATION PROGRAM Serving a range of diverse learners and developed in partnership with leading institutions to utilize the archive’s powerful stories, along with new content being produced about today’s fearless innovators.

EDUCATION PROGRAM

Serving a range of diverse learners and developed in partnership with leading institutions to utilize the archive’s powerful stories, along with new content being produced about today’s fearless innovators.

DIGITAL PLATFORM Interactive web platform combining multimedia content linked to apps, social media, news and events to support and grow the Fearless Genius community.

DIGITAL PLATFORM

Interactive web platform combining multimedia content linked to apps, social media, news and events to support and grow the Fearless Genius community.

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE/AWARDS

Annual summit will bring together industry icons and thought leaders to share insights on the future of technology and society. A Fearless Genius award each year celebrates inspirational figures whose work has transformed our world.

 
 
 
 

KEYNOTES & EXHIBITIONS

Doug Menuez is available to bring his Fearless Genius keynote presentation to your organization or community: learn more

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Fearless Genius Keynote

HG CONTEMPORARY GALLERY. Fearless Genius Exhibition

ARKANSAS RESEARCH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Fearless Genius Keynote

B&H PHOTO NY, Fearless Genius Talk

STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, Douglas Menuez Photography Collection Online Exhibit

THE LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, An Evening With Doug Menuez & Fearless Genius

PATINA GALLERY, Fearless Genius Exhibition

LEICA GALLERY LOS ANGELES, Fearless Genius: Next Generation Exhibition

PRODUCT HUNT, Community Q&A Live Chat: Fearless Genius, Doug Menuez LIVE Chat on Product Hunt

WYOMING SEMINARY KIRBY CENTER, Fearless Genius Lecture

SVA: THE BIG TALK, Panel on Photo Advocacy/Fearless Genius

STOREHOUSE, Talk and Book Signing

HEXAGON CONFERENCE, Keynote and Book Signing

EG 9 CONFERENCE, Talk and Book Signing, Adobe Lightroom Mobile Presentation

ASMP, Talk and Book Signing

HTC, Talk and Book Signing

PDN PhotoPlus, Talk and Book Signing

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS, Talk and Book Signing

MOBILE PHOTO CONNECT CONFERENCE, Talk and Book Signing

GOOGLE GLASS TEAM, Talk and Book Signing

1AN SYMPOSIUM AT ART SILICON VALLEY, Talk and Book Signing

BALDERTON CAPTIAL, Talk and Book Signing

PHOTOVILLE NY, Talk and Book Signing

20×20 LIVE NYC

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, Keynote & Book Signing

PETER FETTERMAN GALLERY, Lecture/Book signing/pop up

COMPUTER HISTORY MUSUEM, Exhibition opens w/Lecture & Book signing

BALLUUN, Talk and Book Signing

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB NY, Lecture/Book signing, Former Apple CEO John Sculley joins Doug Menuez

EG 8 CONFERENCE, Doug Menuez, Photographer (EG8) on Vimeo

TEDX BEACON STREET, Speaker, Fearless Genius
Fearless Genius–The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000: Doug Menuez at

APPLE UNIVERSITY, Fearless Genius Lecture

 
 
 

CONTACT

We welcome corporate sponsors or individual donors.

250,000 rare photographs document the Inventors of the Impossible

Please contact:
James Hornstein
Law Office of James Hornstein
jimh@jimhlaw.com
310.322.7487

 

PRAISE

“FEARLESS GENIUS is the most unique insight on Steve Jobs never previously revealed. Absolutely fascinating photos and narrative as Steve gave Doug permission to follow him around for 3 years at NeXT. The legend comes alive in this book!” — John Sculley, former CEO, Apple Computer

“A new collection by Doug Menuez (‘Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000’) includes several images of Jobs at his best, when trying to rebuild his reputation with NeXT following his mid-eighties departure from Apple.” — Huffington Post

“Mr. Menuez approached his subject as a visual anthropologist, studying a tribe that was developing a new culture and language. It was a culture that worked nonstop.” — James Estrin, New York Times Lens Blog

“Doug Menuez has once again proven that his camera is in the hands of a grand master and one who witnesses brilliant light where others might only see the gloom of desperation.” — David Hume Kennerly, Presidential Photographer & Pulitzer Prize winner

“Doug’s images are extraordinary, deeply evocative of an unpicturesque virtual circus, as he has an artist’s ability to suggest the drama and passion beneath the office-park banality.”— Kurt Andersen, author & host Studio 360

“Doug Menuez spent 15 years in the middle of what many call the golden era of Silicon Valley. Between 1985 and 2000, he had unparalleled access to Steve Jobs, Steve Capps, and 70 other people and companies, including Adobe and NeXT. His amazing archive of images comprise one of the richest records of this seminal moment in American and technological history.” — Jakob Schiller, WIRED Magazine

“With subtlety and power, the pictures by Doug Menuez prove that a gifted eye can expose the drama that lies beneath the PR-smoothed surface of business.” — Owen Edwards, former editor Forbes ASAP, contributing editor, American Photographer

“These rare pictures reveal an insight into the daily lives of Steve Jobs and other leading innovators during the digital revolution in Silicon Valley in the 1980s that changed the world.” — The Daily Mail

“In image after image, (‘Fearless Genius’) captures the youthful enthusiasm and drive – and exhaustion – of a generation that would carry out this revolution.” — SF Gate