I discovered this on facebook thank to a friend of mine Harold Guerin who is an artist. Look at this video below , it’s worth it.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo

Alex Roman

Interesting blog

The Photo Shoot 7 Janvier 2010
We got a photographer John Gress, and his material , and a place to shoot. All of us were looking forward this evening.

The week before, we have worked about to know wich models we would like to get. I mean it was important to have a great diversity wich wasr epresentative of Chicago. We rejected the idea to have differents generation. Tony (another intern – technical) said that for him it will be more dynamic to get just young people. First I disagree but he was right. I was afraid to fall down in the cliché, to do something like BENETTON.  After this concern about models we talked and tried positioning. This part was so funny when we moved the tables and chairs in the Conference room to try. Fortunatetly I took these pictures . We did this 2 times. We tried to find position which were representating our concept without being  too much or doing something too close to advertising for Dance.

The day of the Photo Shoot it was so great. I couldn’t believe that we are doing this campaign for real. I was so impressed about kevin’s energy. It shows that when someone believe in something and do everything for making this happen , it works. I say this because it wasn’t easy to get this and to convince and find everyone. I like this here. Ok, this is maybe too much but I do say I like this hope in America. And how is possible to do when you want, and work well.

I was so astonished to see the photograph’s materials and how he knew how to lead the models. It was a great experience.

Tony, Peter

Tony, Taehwan

all the interns ( Peter, Taehwan, Valérie, Megan, Tom)

Kevin who is showing them the good positions

Here all my pictures of the photo shoot :

http://picasaweb.google.com/taniakoller/PhotoShoot?feat=directlink

Behind … The process

John Gress

The result :  http://blog.johngress.com/edgeedit/images/page29.html

Video of the Photo Shout : http://www.outworld.tv/media/467/Photo039;s_for_Life/

For more informations I recommend to read the Text in the bellow wich explain everything about the logo and the two campaign.

Peter wrote this to get more value when we showed this to the others people in the company. This day , when we showed for the first time our idea, all of  us were so exciting and so stressing out. Because without this agremment nothing will happen. I need to say that I really liked to create this with them. It’s what I prefere doing. Create the idea and build it. This is the best moment. I enjoyed to use Avedon’s picture. The pictures that I used for this was just there to show the idea. Of course, when we argue the new campaign, we also talked about a futur colaboration with a Photographer.  They were so happy about what they have seen. I was so glad. For sure, they choose the second one “City of Big Shoulder” as we knew. Because this one is more easy to sell, more comercial but I like this as well. I think it’s interesting to have in the background , the idea of Chicago which is called “City of Big Shoulder”.

Chicago: City of Broad Shoulders- Dining Out for Life Logo

The logo is composed of two parts. The target/ribbon (red) symbolizes the fight against AIDS: this is clarified by the AIDS ribbon that grows out of its side. The dining aspect (blue) of the event is signified by the silverware, used in place of darts, with both utensils pointed at the bull’s eye. The central metaphor is that Dining Out for Life is aimed at the fight against AIDS.

1- Campaign

“Be Stronger” Campaign: Strength/Conviction/Struggle/Engagement

Composition: Figures in the campaign will be primarily solitary, and viewed from the back or side. The back is important because it (a) presents a broader space for the logo, (b) allows for more interesting poses, (c) can be easily adapted for strong positions. With regard to the side angle, the figure could flex his or her arm in a strong manner. Faces may or may not be visible. The essential starting point is that the image must be a representation of strength/a strong person in a physical sense: other interpretations would follow from logo/text.

The logo would be used as tattoo on back or shoulder of the figure. In some cases, it may be necessary to change out the color of the blue text, generally on a case-by-case basis. So far, white has proven to be a reliable option in darker photos.

The logo will be complemented by the tagline “Dine Out, Fight AIDS” as well as an additional slogan characterizing the campaign: “Be Stronger.”

Significance: The significance of the campaign is that the idea of strength is conveyed on a number of levels. At its most basic level, the image conveys the idea of physicality, Chicago’s broad shoulders, etc. The addition of the tattoo adds a conviction to “join the fight,” – the mission of Dining Out for AIDS is essentially internalized by the figure. He or she is literally wearing a badge/symbol on their arm. On another level, the slogan “Be Stronger” adds a certain unexpected connotation. The audience is invited to strengthen themselves both physically in terms of food, and more importantly, to realize their own strength in joining the fight against AIDS.

Impact: The full impact of the campaign comes from its unique approach. It emphasizes strength, both physical and personal. It is thought-provoking, in that the image is not clearly relatable to eating. However, with the addition of the “Be Stronger” slogan and the “Dine Out, Fight Aids” tagline, this connection is made clearer, and the campaign itself becomes more significant.

Audience: We believe that the target audience would be people from 20-50 years old, working people, and people who would be willing invest time and money in the fight against AIDS.

2- Campaign

Big Shoulders” Campaign: Carrying/Caring/Support

Composition: In contrast to the “Be Stronger” campaign, the figures included in the “Big Shoulders” campaign will be in groups of at least two people. Our starting point will be the exchange between two individuals. In cases where space allows, we will expand to larger groups. This is the great strength of the “Support” campaign, as dining is a communal experience, as is the fight against AIDS. The figures’ postures would emphasize the idea of carrying/supporting someone else. However, supported individuals will themselves have their own visible strength.

The logo will not be used as a tattoo, and will instead be used as a stamp, superimposed over the image (without obstructing it).

The logo will be complemented by the tagline “Dine Out, Fight AIDS” as well as an additional slogan characterizing the campaign: “City of Big Shoulders.”

In cases where many figures are being used in a single image, the composition will be dynamic and varied, rather than regular and static. Spacing between individuals will be irregular; figures will be of different height and in different poses, etc. This “tableau” composition underlines the goal of Dining Out for Life as an event that impacts many different people of all races, ethnicities, ages, genders, etc. all over Chicago. The fight against AIDS has universal significance.

Significance: The campaign will be exuberant and playful, stressing that fighting AIDS and supporting others isn’t just a duty: it is truly a joyful experience. The figures are elevating each other, and providing each other with a spiritual boost. The “City of Big Shoulders” slogan is taken from

Carl Sandburg’s poem “Chicago.” The slogan is an incredibly rich expression with many different meanings. On the one hand, it denotes strength. On the other, it denotes support. “Big Shoulders” describes Chicago as a brawny, powerful, dynamic working man. We expand that meaning to introduce the idea of a supportive shoulder, i.e. lending our strength to those who need it.

Impact: The impact of the campaign comes from variation and repetition. We will use the same idea of carrying and supporting, but expressed in a variety of different poses and compositions.

Audience: We believe that the target audience would be people from 20-50 years old, working people, and people who would be willing invest time and money in the fight against AIDS.

We are going to create postcard with the poem Carl Sandburg’s poem “Chicago.” “City of Big Shoulder”

Men’s t-shirt

Women’s t-shirt

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Here are my first trials that I made for Dining Out For Life. Fortnately  none  had been chosen. At this time I was kind of stressed out about this project.I have been hired for this : to re-create a new branding for this event “ Dining Out For Life” which seems a huge work.

When I showed these trials, my boss kevin who is the director of the events redirected me and we decided to re-modeled all and to start by re-defining a new logo. We discussed about the idea of  target and cercle … I was happy to see that I ll be directed and because of that I ll learn a lot. Today, when I m deciding to put in my blog all the story about the new branding .I can say that I m happy to improve the concept as much as it is today. I m sure of the value to work within a team in order to create a new advertising. This has been teached me a lot.

Oak Park is one of my favorite neighborhood in Chicago. Perhaps because it’s particular of the America Culture, with all these houses in line, in woods.
We went during Christmas and it was covered in snow , with the particular light of this region, we had a good time.

The more I read about him; the more I love him. I can add him in my list of personalities who touched me deepier than the others,

as fellini, Roland Barthes, Deleuze… Maybe because of his madness which propulse him with the greatest architects.

He was so early in his time and probably in our time as well. I cannot understand how we still build houses without interrests whereas him and plenty of genius made great things and had showed the exemple. It was so interesting for me to enter and understand his work. He is one of the character the most important and famous who had lived in the Middle West.

He was really closed to the Art Nouveau Style that I knew well when I lived in Nancy.

I think that his artwork touched me a lot because it’s so closed to the Japanese art as much as for the idea of Nature than for the research of the balance between the elements.

It’s so interesting to recognize  some elements that we can see in the Impressionistes, the taste of the Nature, the light, the play with the differents space and not to forget the field of experimentation by the body.

When you look at the sceau ( his firm above) how can not you think about Toulouse Lautrec, The Artists of the Sécession. All these painters were so influenced by Japanese Art with the same ideology of the Main Nature.

Taliesin by Frank Loyd wright

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Master Piece Fallingwater house

Oak park

His office in his House that you can visit in Oak Park .

Robbie House  Hyde Park

Unity Temple

Unity Temple //

http://www.guggenheim.org/

(july 22 ) After our trip to the New Orleans we had few free days without guests and Baptiste made me a surprise.
We went to see a dance event in Chicago where they are a lot of dance event really interesting. I didn’t know that Chicago was famous for dancing.
It was magic. They were many companies and we could see a lot of different styles.
But one of them was really amazing after 5 minutes I felt in the place a positive energy, I had got the goose bumps.
It was beautiful like the things that I used to see in Paris in Chaillot Teater. I was so happy.
I can say though it was a nice evening. Also this is the first time that we saw American People wearing well and fancy.

Lois Greenfield

July 22-25,2009

http://www.jazzdanceworldcongress.org/

FRIDAY, JULY 24
Giordano Jazz Dance Company appears on every program, tonight offering Christopher Huggins’s wicked fast Pyrokinesis. River North Chicago Dance Company shows off Frank Chaves’s daredevil Take a Seat.

Jazz dance today covers a lot of ground. Diehards can still expect sky-high kicks and superhuman layouts from the festival Gus Giordano started in 1990—but this year’s edition also includes tap as well as works of unjazzy introspection and hip-hop-inflected social commentary. Here’s a list of some highlights. For full lineups, go to jazzdanceworldcongress.org. The festival opens with the premiere screening of a documentary about Giordano, Gus: An American Icon, Wed 7/22, 6 PM, only open to opening-night ticket holders. The festival’s jazz dance choreography competition finals run Thu-Sat 6:15 PM, only for ticket holders.—Laura Molzahn

Through 7/25: Wed-Sat 8 PM, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, 312-334-7777,

I ‘m so happy : my first exchange  with an American Photographer. I finally finish my translation, it was arduous.

http://www.fill-in.fr/2009/08/08/matthew-nighswander/

Burnham Pavillon : Close to Millennium Park in this moment , ZAHA HADID shows her Pavillon which play with the City.

Througt diffrents windows we can see some pieces of sky.It’s not really nice at the first glance, but when I was moving inside, raising my head, I was feeling astonished and convinced.  In the same Park , there are Jay Pritzker Pavillon by Frank Gehry, Plensa’s Crown Fountain, the Cloud Gates “Bean” by Anish Kapoor . All of these artworks play with the body motion, giving a range of views, working together.

I wrote an article in FILL-IN about this exhibition by Jean Christphe Ballot calls Paris-Chicago. It was so interesting to see this there. For the more curious people to clink on the link.

http://www.fill-in.fr/2009/07/09/paris%E2%80%93chicago-des-photographies-de-jean-christophe-ballot/

We went when Agnès and François were in Chicago.  In the lounge there were an amazing view.  I have nearly fainted  and I may be suffering from vertigo.

John Hancok Center

I was really amazed by  the feeling that I had.  Everyday, I’m surronded by some buildings and it’s already astonishing but being inside it’s so mad. 100 Floors. When we took the elevator , I pained to my ears like  while diving. When I was in restrooms it was still too much stupendous. I would like be able to go often inside to benefit but if I become in yellow everytime  it isn’t worth. It’s a shame but it’s sure I ll come back in.