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A Portrait, Film & Book Project

COMMONGROUND

What Women Know

A portrait, film, and book project bringing together 20 women whose experiences, stories, wisdom, and perspectives deserve to be shared.

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Photographed and filmed at our private ranch studio in Queen Creek, Arizona.

01The Project

Different lives.
Shared wisdom.

Common Ground explores what women learn through living.
We are inviting approximately 20 women to participate in an intimate editorial portrait and film experience centered around the lessons, experiences, challenges, accomplishments, and perspectives that have shaped their lives.
Each participant will be photographed individually and invited into a thoughtful filmed conversation.
The final project will bring these women together through photography, film, personal quotes, and a published book available through Amazon.
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02Who We Are Looking For

Your story does not need to look like anyone else’s.

We are primarily seeking women age 40 and above, although exceptional women outside that age range may also be considered.
Participants may include entrepreneurs, executives, artists, mothers, educators, professionals, caregivers, community leaders, women who have reinvented themselves, women who have overcome adversity, or simply women who have learned something through living that another woman may benefit from hearing.

You do not need to be famous, own a business, or have an impressive résumé.

What matters is that you have something real to say.

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There is no single way a Common Ground woman looks, lives, or leads.
Every background, every personality, every kind of life belongs in this conversation.
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03What Selected Participants Receive

The experience, at a glance.

  • 01Complimentary editorial portrait session
  • 02Professional film
  • 03Consideration for inclusion in the Common Ground book
  • 04Photography and selected quotes featured within the project
  • 05Invitation to the final Common Ground gathering
  • 06Opportunity to purchase additional portraits, artwork, and film collections
No photography purchase is required to participate in the project.
04The Experience

A portrait experience built around your story.

Selected participants will visit our private ranch photography studio in Queen Creek, Arizona. Please plan to be with us for approximately 3 hours.
Your scheduled Common Ground experience includes portrait photography, your filmed conversation, and your same-day portrait reveal.
This is not a traditional networking event or group photo session.
Each woman is photographed and interviewed individually so her story can be treated with intention.

YOUR SAME-DAY PORTRAIT REVEAL

At the conclusion of your Common Ground experience, you’ll have the opportunity to see a carefully curated selection of portraits from your session and choose any additional portraits, films, albums, or artwork you would like to own.

Together, we’ll experience your portraits for the first time, identify the images you love, and review the optional Common Ground collections available to you. There is no purchase requirement.

Please plan to make your portrait selections during your scheduled Common Ground experience. If another person will be involved in your purchasing decision, we strongly encourage having them available to join you in person or by phone/video during the portrait reveal.

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05What Women Know

Conversations worth having.

IdentityReinventionSuccessLeadershipMoney & IndependenceHealth & AgingBeauty & ConfidenceMotherhood & CaregivingRelationshipsAdversityFemale FriendshipCouragePurposeJoyLegacyWhat Comes Next
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One Question

“What do you know now that you wish every woman knew sooner?”

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06The Application

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We are selecting approximately 20 women whose stories, perspectives, and life experiences will help shape the first Common Ground project.
Are you comfortable being photographed, filmed, quoted, and potentially included in a publicly released book and promotional materials? *

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07Questions & Answers

Frequently asked questions

The Common Ground experience is complimentary for selected participants, and no portrait purchase is required. Reserve your session by selecting an available appointment and accepting the Participant Agreement & Release. Please let us know as soon as possible if you need to cancel or reschedule. Rescheduling is subject to available session dates within the Common Ground project schedule.

No. Common Ground is about meaningful life experience, not job titles.

Women 40+ are the primary focus, but the project is not strictly limited by age.

At our private ranch photography studio in Queen Creek, Arizona.

Yes. The filmed conversation is an important part of the project.

No. Selected excerpts, quotes, imagery, and video may be chosen editorially for the final project.

Participants are selected based on story, perspective, diversity of life experience, and fit with the overall project.

Yes. Your same-day portrait reveal includes an optional portrait, film, album, and artwork ordering experience. Collections start at $1,200. Optional upgrades and custom artwork may exceed $5,000. No purchase is required.

What you know now may be exactly what another woman needs to hear.

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