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Big Ten Network

Who
Big Ten Network is a cable and satellite sports channel based in Chicago. It is co owned by the Big Ten Conference and Fox Sports and has produced the Big Ten 10K since 2012. Held at Soldier Field, the summer race helps kick off the college football season.
Goal
My goal was to capture the fun and excitement of the race, its participants, and the conference mascots.
Outcome
Over a ten year relationship, I have covered seven races, five pre race mascot media tours, and three mascot publicity portrait sessions.

Since 2015 | Sports Entertainment Media | Corporate Branding (Mascot Portraits), Event Coverage

My first business partner, Steve Green, brought me in at the last minute in 2015 when the network requested group photographs of eleven mascots in a hotel conference room.

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A couple of years later, as the event grew, I returned as a second photographer to cover the pre race festivities and race day action. My images became part of future promotions, and the quality of that work led to an invitation to photograph every race that followed. I took over as lead photographer after Steve’s retirement in 2022.

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Over more than ten years, I have produced hundreds of playful images of the sixteen mascots: romping at Wrigley Field, overlooking the city from the top of the iconic John Hancock Building, and playing with children on North Michigan Avenue. On race day, I capture runners and friends celebrating alongside their favorite characters.

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