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 Athletes - Roatan

Four of the boys at the Sand Castle Library wanted to become athletes. We had two soccer players, one baseball player and one kid who wasn't sure what kind of athlete he wanted to be so he put on everything that was related to sports in. I was a bit confused at first when I saw the basketball jersey with the baseball glove but who am I to say anything, if he wants to play more sports than one, let him do it!. The kid wants to be a basketball professional and a baseball player so he can look at one of our role models: Michael Jordan who pulled it off....or almost.

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Quatres des enfants de l'école de Roatan voulaient devenir sportifs quand ils seront grand. Nous avions deux joueurs de football, un joueur de baseballs et un garçon qui était indécis sur son choix de carrière sportive et qui a donc mis tous les accessoires de sport qu'il a trouvé. J'étais perplexe quand il s'est presenté devant moi avec son maillot de basketball et son gant de baseball mais si son rêve est de participer professionellement à plusieur sports à la fois, qu'on le laisse faire! Il veut devenir joueur de basketball et de baseball et il peut déjâ s'inspirer d'une légende du basketball: Michael Jordan, qui est arrivé a devenir profesisonel dans les deux sports....ou presque.

The kids picking up their prints

Since it was their last day of school the kids were allowed to go swim in the ocean that was literally a few feet away from where we were shooting, which gave us plenty of time to print all the pictures before it was time for them to receive their certificate of completion. It took us a while to print all the pictures but we finished right before they came back into the room.

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Comme c'était leur dernier jour d'école, les enfants ont eu le droit d'aller se baigner dans la mer qui est à quelques mètres de l'école. Cela nous a laissé assez de temps pour imprimes les photos avant qu'ils reviennent pour le cérémonie de remise de diplomes. Nous avons fini à peine quelques minutes avant qu'ils reviennent de leur baignade.

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.

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.

Rock Star

- Sherman Oaks, CA - Eli (9) wants to be a Rock Star

Photo by Sebastien Roche-Lochen