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We had a chance to meet with JR a long time ago
and he’s presented, in Arles, various projects of his around the world.
He’s a photographer that wants a direct contact with the public
so he involves the population that he´s photographing
and then when he shows his pictures it’s always in a public place.
The way he does it is by printing on large format paper and gluing that on walls outdoors.
The more he goes, the more his project is political and involving the people’s concerns.
The last project, Inside Out,
which is the one for which he got the help of the TED awards in America,
is a project where he gives away now his system to the public
so anyone can now shoot a photo of oneself, send through email
or in this box here in Arles, in this photo-booth
and then get a print that he goes and pastes wherever he wants to protest
whether it’s a government or whether it’s his mother!