Photographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photograph, and an adoption saga with a twist.

"We all wanted our pictures to change the world. We didn't want to just illustrate some terrible situation; we wanted to think that when you saw all our photographs that you'd be so moved or disturbed or motivated by these pictures that you'd want to do something about it." Photographer Rick Smolan, formerly of National Geographic, curates a co...

A former Time, Life, and National Geographic photographer, Smolan is best known as the co-creator of the "Day in the Life" book series. His global photography projects, which feature the work of hundreds of the worlds leading photographers and combine creative storytelling with state-of-the-art technology, are regularly featured on the covers o...