The Collaboration The Album The Products News about the Project

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The Collaboration

Two of the world's most popular creative artists collaborate on a major new work

Worldwide Release Date - October 2004 -Millions of people worldwide have been thrilled and deeply touched by the soaring vocals of Céline Dion and the stunning photographic images celebrating birth and life taken by Anne Geddes. Now, in an unprecedented professional collaboration, these two extraordinary talents will combine their unique gifts to create an exceptional combination of music and images, the Miracle project.

This compelling, powerful, and inspiring collection of songs and images will honor the moving, tender, and unbreakable bond of love that exists between a mother and her baby. With a scheduled release date of October 2004, this outstanding body of work will be available for distribution through music sellers and booksellers worldwide. Distinctive product releases are planned for both industries.

Céline notes, "I've always been a huge fan of Anne Geddes. Long before I became a mother, I admired and appreciated the beautiful way she photographs babies. It's wonderful to be able to work with her on this very special project which celebrates children."

"Each new life is truly a miracle," comments Anne. "I photograph babies to portray and promote the absolute promise of a newborn, the powerful potential of a child to be an extraordinary human being. It is both a pleasure and a privilege to create the Miracle project with Céline, whose vocal artistry completely captures our shared love for children. Together we are creating a truly unique and special concept.

Both artists agree, "Miracle comes straight from our hearts."

From her childhood in a rural French Canadian hometown, Céline Dion has risen to international superstardom garnering five U.S. Grammy Awards, twenty Juno and thirty-nine Félix Awards in Canada, seven World Music Awards in Europe, and many other awards in Asia and Africa. Céline, who is signed to Sony music, is considered the premier contemporary pop vocalist on the world stage with record sales exceeding 160 million copies around the globe. Her hugely successful show, A New Day..., an unparalleled combination of performance, passion, and theatrical innovation, has been the hottest ticket in Las Vegas, playing to sold-out audiences since its opening on March 25, 2003, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Internationally renowned Australian photographer Anne Geddes is one of the world's most respected and successful professional photographers. Her 1996 and 1997 New York Times bestseller Down in the Garden propelled Anne into the imaginations and hearts of people everywhere. Her award-winning photographs of babies have been published in more than 50 countries. Her books have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and been translated into 16 languages. She is critically regarded and easily recognized as the world's preeminent children's photographer.

Céline Dion and Anne Geddes enjoy unparalleled success in their respective careers; this exceptional collaboration is expected to not only touch the hearts of the global community, but also create unprecedented opportunities for the individual talents to be further appreciated.

Visit Anne Geddes' official website at www.annegeddes.com

Miracle ecard

source: celinetalk

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The Album

1. Miracle 2. Brahms' Lullaby 3. If I Could 4. Sleep Tight 5. What A Wonderful World 6. My Precious One 7. A Mother's Prayer 8. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 9. Baby Close Your Eyes 10. Come To me 11. Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce) 12. Beautiful Boy 13. In Some Small Way

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The Products

The DVD

The book

The calendar

The Miracle book and calender

on this page it says that the book will be release on 1st of september this year and it's 180 pages, but in France's amazon it says the release date is 7th October
there are 2 covers for 2005 Miracle Calender both will release in October:
the first one

and this one

there's also a Date Book 2004 calender for Miracle which also will release in October.According to Amazon, the Miracle project will have a few different versions, as shown over this link. A Mini Wall, An Engagement, A Day-to-Day, A Regular and a Wall calendars will be coming out in October.

Update about The Miracle Project

Anne has now selected all the images and text for the book and
also the song selection for the CD has been made with Celine
recording final tracks in a studio in Las Vegas.
The book translations are being completed and once these are
finalized, the book will be sent for scanning and pre-production
checks. Everyone is very excited with what has been created and
there is an air of anticipation preceding the actual printing in
early June.
The DVD of the making of the book is also nearing completion and
this particular product will give a real insight to the behind the
scenes aspects of this fantastic, unique project. The DVD will
also be a feature inclusion in the book along with Celine's CD.
All those who have seen and heard what has been produced so far
are very excited with comments ranging from: "Absolutely stunning
and brilliant work!" to "Anne's photography coupled with Celine's
magical voice is simply overwhelming."
Anne is now working on the Miracle song video and this is due for
recording in late June.
Anne geddes Official Site

3 april 2004

MIRACLE PROJECT bookings!!

The boxset called 'Miracle' got already 500,000 bookings in the U.S.A. only. Anne Geddes' photo of René-Charles when he was only 3 weeks old will be published in the booklet. Last month, Celine spent one week in New York with 120 babies all aged 3-weeks old and younger. The album will feature 14 love-songs dedicated to children, Céline's songs on this CD translate the emotions that parents feel for their children but are unable to express... among them there will be the French song "Une Chanson Douce" sung by Céline and Henri Salvador (they also sang that song during "1 fille & 4 types" TV Special). For the photo sessions, Céline had to get-up at 6am, and rush to the studio as to not make the babies wait. For once, she wasn't the star: the babies were! Posing for the pictures with such small babies was very difficult. Céline sometimes had babies on her head, on her stomach while standing up, etc.... She was nervous and scared to handle the babies when her hands became sweaty. She was more nervous than the babies' parents were. All of the babies peed or pooped on Céline. Céline couldn't move when she was in certain positions so people just came to clean-up the babies' mess while she was posing.
Source: journal de Montreal

Celine with lots of babies this fall!

Last month, Céline Dion spent one week to New York surrounded by one hundred twenty babies, all three weeks old or less. The goal of the exercise: A splendid album of signed photographs Anne Geddes and a completely different disc. The publication of this box, Miracle, is expected that for l?automne. However, in the United States only, five hundred and thousand specimens are already reserved! This marvellous idea comes from the Dion-Angélil couple. The famous photographer, who had made stereotypes of Rene-Charles lorsqu?il had three weeks (one of these photographs will be published in l?album), was enchanted by the project. The fourteen songs, of which a soft song, of Henri El Salvador, which will be found on CD of Celine are songs d?amour that each relative would want to murmur or of fredonner to his/her child. "I sing the emotions which the parents live, but qu?ils has sometimes of the difficulty of expressing", will say a Celine all in beauty, a few minutes after having left the scene. Visual side, to have seen some of these photographs, one can affirm high and strong that they are true?uvres d?art. But the sessions of photographs were not always of any rest. Celine tells: "I lifted myself to a height of 6 hours, I had a coffee of speed and I went to the studio, which was located just beside our apartment. "One then started to prepare me and, for 9. 30, it was necessary that I would be ready (make-up, hairstyle, cloths). "Not question of making await the babies. The star, this did not n?était me, c?étaient them!", she will say while smiling. Concerning and dirtying! Most difficult of these sessions, of course the collecting of the photographs themselves. It is certainly not simple to work with d?aussi little babies. "J?ai found that very moving, but also very intense physically. The babies weighed on average six or seven books and the positions taken for the photographs are not the natural ones. "Sometimes, I have a baby on the head, sometimes on my belly whereas I am upright (!), other times in my hands placed out of cut? "This n?est not your baby that you hold thus and I felt the tension and the anxiety of the moms concerned, who were of course present in the studio. "felt sometimes that sweat ran along my body. I had often moist hands by holding a baby, who, then, necessarily became slipping. It was necessary that I would be very careful." And what do you believe arrives for a baby who cjust ate and who is very ahaked "All the babies made wee and excrement! But as position did not have anything to be changed. One came to wipe, on me ..." If that obstructed sometimes the moms, Céline Dion knew, by a sign or a covering joint how to reassure them.

First of april 2004

Miracle articles already available to pre-order

The Anne Geddes Miracle 2005 Day-To-Day Calendar is available on this adress
Book Description :Internationally renowned photographer Anne Geddes is one of the world's most respected and successful professional photographers. Her images honor the moving, tender, and unbreakable bond of love that exists between a mother and her baby. Anne has sold more than 15 million books and 11 million calendars. For Miracle, her latest work, she has combined her extraordinary photographic images with the soaring vocals of Celine Dion. In an unprecedented professional collaboration, these two popular artists have come together to create the Miracle project - a celebration of mothers and babies worldwide. Anne's 2005 calendar collection also features Pure-style calendars with intimate images that evoke the wonder of the first few days and weeks of new life. In this day-to-day calendar, a moving image celebrating the bond of love between mothers and babies features on the daily pages of this stunning full-color calendar.Nance Co-Manager of Celine Talk
There will be also:

- pocketbooks
- photoalbums
- diaries
- schedule planners... etc.

Marsh 21 2004

Céline In the Studio

Céline will be in the recording studio this week to work on the 'Miracle' project set to be released next fall. 'Miracle' is a collaboration between renowned photographer Anne Geddes and Céline Dion. Click here to read a press release announcing this project.

12 marsh 2004

Annes Geddes and Celine

Anne has just spent 2 weeks in Las Vegas creating imagery for the final stages of the miracle project. Five days of the shoot involved photographing Céline and some of the most beautiful babies in Las Vegas.source Anne Geddes site: www.annegeddes.com

February 24 2004

Miracle at the Birmingham Spring Fair

At the Birmingham Spring Fair, United Kingdom, a wonderful range of miracle images was showcased, which will feature in a new collection of stationery and calendars to be released later this year.
The miracle project appears in the March issue of Unity Magazine in the US, a publication committed to embracing diversity at all levels. This column in the "Women of Inspiration" issue highlights Céline and Anne's shared love for children and the exceptional combination of music and images they are creating for miracle. They appear alongside several outstanding women, including photographer Annie Leibovitz and architectural designer Maya Lin.
[source: Anne Geddes , Thanks Leila]

February 18 2004

Working has began on MIRACLE

Céline and Anne Geddes have started working together on the 'Miracle' project scheduled to be launched next fall. Céline is taking part in a photo shoot this week in Las Vegas and will be in the recording studio next month. 'Miracle' is a unique concept designed to combine the talents of Céline and Anne Geddes. Click here to find out more. [Source: www.celinedion.com]

February 6th 2004

Annes Geddes working on the Miracle Project

I Got This News From The Anne Geddes Newsletter :
"As you know Anne is combining her talents with Céline Dion on the miracle project due for release in October 2004. To keep you up to date, Anne has been really busy and has just about completed the photography of all the flower elements for miracle and is in the process of finalizing the design. We will have some more news for you in our next newsletter.

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