JR winner of TED 2011 Women are heroes

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JR is an anonymous photographer and artist and the 2011 TED Prize winner. In his work, JR embeds into neighborhoods, favelas and villages around the world, photographing the people who live there and learning their stories — and then pasting his striking images onto massive local canvases: buildings, buses, roads and bridges. His latest global art project is called "Women Are Heroes."

JR embodies the many characteristics TED looks for in a winner: creativity, vision, leadership, and persuasion. His work is not just stunning. It is innovative, using collaborative storytelling techniques, which move the art of photography in a new and exciting direction. His work is about unlocking the power of possibility, revealing our true selves to those who live around us and then sharing those stories far and wide.

JR attracts loyalty and respect from both his subjects, his friends and volunteers who help him mount all of his exhibitions. The scale of his work is huge, not just the size of each individual portrait, or the amount of space each exhibition covers in one place, but the number of communities and countries each project involves.
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[kivismom]

Thank you. This needs to be seen by more people....

[thesick9thgraders]

Men are heros wemon are targets and samich makers

[Annewest48]

Thank you for sharing this ! Yes indeed this video shows so much inspiration, creativity, empowerment to the people, that I am wondering why it is been viewed by so few yet here in Ytube ! I `ll share it with Facebook, Tagged& Hyves and I hope more people will come & see it , its yust GREAT ! On March 8th,the 100th International Womens day , I will honour the work of this great crew ! Love your work , stay at it pls & may many more be photographed like this & we`ll live in a happier world !

[PineNutButter]

this is amazing..