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Jean-MarieBabonneau

Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Reykjavik, New York

My goal is to share my knowledge & vision in finding original concepts to integrate my client's imperatives.
Through my next position, I'd like to improve my management skills in creative projects, including photo-video-graphic-event production. I find it absolutely stimulating to work on album visuals, music videos & commercials, video installations for corporate/fashion fairs using the creative potential of high-technologies in events/exhibitions (in collaboration with engineers), as well the design of image books & catalogs, hosting enough art & soul to survive ephemeral trends.


Testimony:

1). “There are only a handful of photographers that I like to work with in high pressure situations. Jean-Marie B. is one that I call on because I know he’ll deliver the level of craftsmanship and conceptual creativity the project requires. His sense of composition and the commentary infused in his work avoids the dictatorial and allows the viewer to interpret and make it their own.”

November 29, 2007
Damion Bailey, Art Director, Íslenska Vefstofan, worked with Jean-Marie at Better_World_Inc.


2). “I have hired Jean-Marie for a photo shoot of Björk concert in Reykjavik in December 2001 for MTV Networks. Jean-Marie did a fantastic job despite very short deadlines. Jean-Marie is very professional, suggesting unexpected creative ideas without losing sight of client’s constraints and requirements. I will always recommend him for any music artist photo works and live music event coverages.”

Top qualities: Great Results, On Time, Creative

March 15, 2009
François Le Palec, Director at MTV Networks – interactive, London, hired Jean-Marie as a Photographer in 2001.


3). “Jean-Marie is a very talented artist and fun to work with, I can warmly recommend his work.”

Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, Creative'

November 29, 2007
Biliana Zarankova, Consultant/Project Manager at United Nations Children´s Fund, hired Jean-Marie as a Photographer in 2007.



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Experience

  • Photographer & Creative director
    France, Denmark, Iceland, UK, Austria,...
    Sep 1999 - Present
    Better World Inc.

    THE STORY

    Better_World_Inc. was the title of a short story written by Jean-Marie Babonneau in Iceland in 2000. It was an irony piece about the delirious and humorous finding of a secret recipe for mass-producing top models by a genetic research company.


    THE MAN

    Copenhagen-based photographer, video director, vj, art-teacher, stop-frame animator, performer & creative director, born in France in 1971, Jean-Marie Babonneau works under the pseudonyme Better_World_Inc. when dedicating his visions & crafts to art projects & visual performances.


    MULTI-CULTURAL INSPIRATION

    Since his childhood, Jean-Marie has enjoyed finding inspiration and new perspectives in other cultures (in Germany 1975-1980, Iceland 1999-2002, Denmark 2003-today).


    ARTS & CRAFTS

    > PHOTOGRAPHY
    art, portraits, press, fashion, advertising, architecture & corporate, staged photography.
    > GRAPHIC + WEB DESIGN
    music album covers & inlays, visit-cards, post-cards, film & concert posters, dvd covers & inlays.
    > ART
    photography, exhibitions, installations, projections.
    > VIDEO
    short-movies, stop-frame animations, live vj performances.
    > WORKSHOPS
    photography workshops with adult-student groups.
    > CONCEPT/STORY DEVELOPMENT


    EDUCATION

    - the Academy of Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts) in Nantes, France (BA, 1995),
    - the French National School of Photography in Arles (MA, 1999),
    - apprentice of Lucien Clergue (photographer of Picasso & Cocteau, co-founder of the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, in 1969).


    CLIENT & SPONSOR REFERENCES

    MTV Networks, Ateliers Jean Nouvel architecture (DR Concert Hall), Sony Playstation 2-3-PSP, Miss Sixty Wear, Björn Borg Wear, Denmarkfashion.com, The Danish Film Institute, Le Monde french newspaper, Orange telecoms, Chronopost, Cinal danish furniture design, DPI taiwanese design Mag., Trax french music mag., Undirtónar icelandic music mag., Mórgunblaðið icelandic newspaper, Newbie promotional postcards, The Danish Youths’ Red Cross, X18 icelandic shoe design, SLRP.com, The Icelandic National Theatre, Inside Poker british mag., Atlantica Icelandair’s Magazine, Koda danish musical rights, The french Embassy in Denmark, The Icelandic Film Co., The commune of Reykjavík, Panarctica Film Prod., Saga Film Prod., Fróði Publishing, Gaffa & Soundvenue danish Music Magazines, Wonderland danish design mag., Salaam danish film festival, Ishug icelandic software fund, Gagarín & Trackwell icelandic software co., The International Photography Festival of Arles, Eskimo & Unique & Scoop model agencies, Pachanga Club & WeDoubleYou & Human Office event organizers.


    PHOTOGRAPHY OF PERSONALITIES & MUSIC BANDS

    Björk, David Lynch, Peter Lindbergh, Lucien Clergue, Laurent Garnier, Kent, Air, Asian Dub Foundation, DJ Vadim, Emiliana Torrini, Katie Melua, Dimitri from Paris, The Herbaliser, Gus Gus, Sigur Rós, Quarashi, Kraftwerk, Mogwai, Múm, Ali Waqas (Outlandish), Dominique Pinon, Oliver Bjerrehus, Gus Hansen, Niels Henning Ørsted Petersen, Kurt Westergaard, Jens Christian Grøndahl, Thomas Knak/Opiate, Bjørn Svin, Spektakel, Pernille Rübner-Petersen, ...


    TOP-CITIES

    Copenhagen, Paris, Reykjavík, Berlin, Nantes, Arles, Barcelona, Firenze, Venezia, London, New-York City, and hopefully more to come!

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