Inside Out Project --- JR Art

JR is a street artist that uses photos to show the world it's true face.  He's set up mobile printing stations and/or places where people can upload their images and he'll print it for them (HUGE.)  He strongly encourages people to get creative with the location they choose to place the photos.  JR started this project after winning the TED prize.  His TED Prize wish "opens an even wider lens on the world, asking us all to turn the world inside out."  He is really pushing the envelope with some of the places he himself has pasted pictures, like slums in Kenya or other dangerous locations.  He wants to confront and engage people where/when they least expect it.  

In his project, "Women Are Heroes," JR shows women "dealing with the effects of war, poverty, violence, and oppression” from Rio de Janeiro, Phnom Penh, Delhi and several African cities.

  

Read more about it here: 

http://www.insideoutproject.net/e

http://www.ted.com/speakers/jr.html

http://www.jr-art.net