The Tennis Player - Los Angeles

Beckham wants to be a tennis player when he grows up and he already has the entire outfit. He tried a few action shots as we were shooting by the pool and the tennis ball ended up in the water.

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Beckham veut devenir joueur de tennis quand il sera grand et il a déjà la tenue. Il a essayé quelques services à coté de la piscine oû nous prenions les photos et la balle de tennis a fini dans l'eau.

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The Chocolate Maker

- Los Angeles - 

I hope she sends me some free chocolate when she becomes a chocolate maker 

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J'espère qu'elle m'enverra du chocolate gratuit quand elle deviendra fabricante de chocolat

The yellow helmets

The yellow hats were a hit during this trip. They were the greatest buy on Amazon: 4.95$ for a 12-pack and all the kids loved them. they were light, easy to transport and surprisingly strong. It is the perfect kind of item or our project and we are constantly looking for new costumes and props to add to our crate to offer more choice to the kids and be able to leave a few toys and clothes along the way.

Les enfants ont adoré les casques jaunes. C'était une des meilleures trouvailles sur Amazon car nous en avons reçu 12 pour 4.95$. Ils étaients légers, facile à transporter et de bonne qualité. C'est exactement le genre de costume parfaiit pour notre project et nous sommes toujours à la recherche de plus de costumes et de vêtements pour pouvoir offir plus de choix aux enfants et pouvoir leur laisser des jouets et des habits lors de notre passage.

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Soccer Player

Over my year of traveling, I learned that everywhere in the world where football is played with....the foot, people  will always associate your country of origin with its star player. Whenever I go through a border, I usually get an excited custom agent that smiles at me and screams: "Zidane!" while nodding approvingly. Kids also see their favorite soccer player on TV, partying with groupies and traveling around the world. So it is really no surprise that a lot of kids want to be soccer players when they grow up, especially with the salaries that European clubs have been paying their players.

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Au cours de mes voyages, j'ai appris que partout dans le monde oû le football est joué avec le pied, les habitants du pays associent toujours votre pays d'origine avec son meilleur joueur de l'équipe nationale . A chaque fois que je traverse la douane, je rencontre un officier qui sourie et crie: "Zidane" au milieu de l'aéroport tout en hochant la tête comme si il se félicitait lui-même de sa trouvaille. Les enfants voient aussi leur joueurs préférés à la télé faire la fête avec leurs groupies et voyager partout dans le monde. Il n'est donc pas du tout surprenant de voir que beaucoup d'enfants rêvent de devenir joueurs de football plus tard surtout quand on voit les salaires de quelques club européens.

Last Orphanage in Haiti: The Architect

Haiti still needs a lot of help to rebuild their country and seeing a lot of these kids wanting to be a part of the solution was endearing. The streets are still filled with ruins from the earthquake and even though a lot of local workers are trying to clean up the mess. they need all the help they can get. This kid, just like all the kids we met in Haiti, had the biggest smile on his face at the thought of being able to live a fulfilling life.

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Haiti à besoin de beaucoup d'aide et voir que la plupart des enfants veulent participer à la reconstruction de leur pays était émouvant. Les rues sont encore pleines de ruines du tremblement de terre et malgré les efforts des habitants de Port-au-prince qui essayent de nettoyer ce "désordre" tant bien que mal, il reste beaucoup de travail à faire. Cet enfant, commes tous les enfants que nous avons rencoontrer pendant notre séjour à Haiti, avait un immense sourire à la pensée de vivre une vie enrichissante.

The Happy Engineer

The kids from this classroom were full of life and had the most contagious smiles. This kid wants to be an engineer when he grows up. I looked at his drawing as I was editing his picture and loved his outlook on life: When he grows up he's just going to hang out on a rooftop, smiling and looking at the sun that will be smiling back at him. I'm not sure if the plane in the back is to show that he wants to travel, but he already knows that he wants to enjoy every moment and that he will get to the top.

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Les enfants de cette école etaient plein de vie et avaient des sourires contagieux. Cet enfant veux devenir ingénieur quand il sera grand. J'ai regardé son dessin pendant que je travaillais sur sa photo et j'ai adoré sa vision du future: Quand il sera grand il se délassera sur un toit, en train de sourire et de regarder le soleil qui lui sourira aussi. Je ne suis pas sûr de savoir si l'avion représente ses envies de voyager, mais Il montre qu'il sait déja qu'il veut profiter de la vie et qu'il ira loin.

Haiti: The airplane pilot

Photo by Sebastien Roche-Lochen

When we started receiving costume donations from some amazing supporters of the project, we mentioned them to some of the people who were already working with organizations in Haiti. We had a few contacts before going to Haiti, and since we had never been there before, we listened to every tip and critique we had about the project. One of our contacts, who worked with an organization helping kids, told me that she didn't think it was a good idea to bring costumes such as the astronaut or the pilot because the kids would never think of it if they didn't see the costumes and it would be unreachabe for them. Since I agreed that we wanted the kids to set a goal they could reach, I listened to her and left these costumes at home. So it broke my heart when one of the kids said he wanted to be an airplane pilot when he grows up.

We made the best of it and he drew a plane on the blackboard. This kid had so much charisma that the pilot hat would have been perfect on him but he made it work with his big smile. I guess he reminded us of what this project was about: hope for a brighter future. The higher these kids will set the bar, the more they can accomplish. So next time I will bring along every single costume that we acquired, because every kid deserves to dream big.

Haiti Day #3: A good mother

This orphanage was full of adorable little girls who were supervised by a few older women who cared for them and cooked their meals. One of the orphans, who was holding my hand from the time we walked through the gates, moved us when she said that all she wanted to do when she grew up was to be a good mother.

Haiti Day #2: He just wants to go to school

Photography: Sebastien Roche-Lochen

A lot of us took school for granted when we were kids. We would pretend to be sick to avoid going there, we would sneak out of school during chemistry class, we would never do our homework because we had video games to play, and we always complained about our teachers, the food and the amount of work. This guy wants to be a student when he grows up.

DJ

- Studio City, CA - William (14) wants to be a DJ

Photo by Sebastien Roche-Lochen

Firefighter

El Segundo, CA - James (6) wants to help people. He drew himself as a firefighter.
Photo by Sebastien Roche-Lochen