Creative director & photographer & video-jockey at Better_World_Inc.
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
- Current
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- Video-Jockey (VJ) at Better_World_Inc.
- Graphic designer at Better_World_Inc.
- Web designer at Better_World_Inc.
- Film Director at Better_World_Inc.
- Photographer at Better_World_Inc.
- Artistic Director at Better_World_Inc.
- Past
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- Photography teacher at Art-school / Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk, Denmark
- Photography teacher at Københavns Tekniske Skole - KTS - Copenhagen Technical School, Denmark
- Education
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- Ecole nationale supérieure de la photographie d'Arles
- Ecole régionale des Beaux Arts de Nantes
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Jean-Marie Babonneau’s Summary
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- & Paris-based photographer, artistic director, film director, vj, art-teacher, stop-frame animator, performer, born in France in 1971, Jean-Marie Babonneau works under the pseudonyme & company name Better_World_Inc. 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
art & editorial fashion photography, music album artwork, music videos, image book layout, short-movies, stop-frame animations, live vj performances.
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 in 1969 of the festival Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles.
CLIENT & SPONSOR REFERENCES
> please see my website www.betterworldinc.org
PHOTOGRAPHY OF PERSONALITIES & MUSIC BANDS
> please see my website www.betterworldinc.org
Jean-Marie Babonneau’s Specialties:
Photography, art direction, stop-frame animation, graphic design, web design, concept/story development, short film & music video direction, model & actor staging, planning & implementation of photography, image book, art exhibition, video projects, management & collaborative work in a creative team, teaching & consultancy within photography (workshops), lighting, color-grading & retouching in Photoshop (expert level), InDesign, Final Cut Pro, Acrobat, Flash & Dreamweaver.
Jean-Marie Babonneau’s Experience
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Video-Jockey (VJ)
Better_World_Inc.
(Performing Arts industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Public live shows with projections on one to several screens of animated photographic visuals. Visual performances at artistic, cultural, musical events. Latest shows: Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles (FR) 2007, Vesterbro festival in Copenhagen (DK) 2008, Malmö festival 2008 (SE), Trailer Park festival 2008 in Copenhagen (DK), Pachanga Club in Copenhagen (DK) 2006-2008.
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Graphic designer
Better_World_Inc.
(Graphic Design industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
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Web designer
Better_World_Inc.
(Online Media industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
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Film Director
Better_World_Inc.
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)
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Photographer
Better_World_Inc.
(Photography industry)
September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)
Photographer of various cultural, editorial and corporate promotional assignments since 1999. My interest in photography started during my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, in Nantes (FR), in 1993, at the age of 22.
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Artistic Director
Better_World_Inc.
(Media Production industry)
September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)
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Photography teacher
Art-school / Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk, Denmark
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Photography industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Photography workshops (traditional argentic & digital techniques) :
- 1 to 6 weeks,
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Photography teacher
Københavns Tekniske Skole - KTS - Copenhagen Technical School, Denmark
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)
Photography courses (traditional argentic & digital techniques) :
- with 20 to 30 students (18 to 35 years old)
- thematic assignments, technical exercices (shooting, darkroom, computer post-production), image critic, technical assistance & project consultancy, history of photography, evaluation of projects.
Jean-Marie Babonneau’s Education
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Ecole nationale supérieure de la photographie d'Arles
MA , Photography, Visual communication, Computer graphics & post-production , 1996 — 1999
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Ecole régionale des Beaux Arts de Nantes
BA , Photography, Visual communication, Video, Graphics , 1991 — 1996
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Jean-Marie Babonneau’s Interests:
Photography, art, graphic & web design, animation, visual performance, music, team production, exhibitions, video, cinema, fiction, documentary, poetry, drawing, writing, visual concept development, visual identity development, tennis, badmington, windsurfing, bicycling, cultural discoveries, travelling.
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Scandinavian Marketing Group
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