The fabulous "guerilla" street artist JR has been awarded the 2011 TED prize, winning $100,000! JR goes into then slums in cities such as Paris, as well as parts of the Middle East and Africa and takes photographs of the local people, in which he blows up to billboard size that get put up around the city. He focuses on images of women in some of the cities in Africa, and on the struggle between Palestinians and Israeli's within the Middle East, and by doing so is highlighting the "local hero"within those neighborhoods. The images are incredibly moving as is the project as a whole, and really show the power that photography can have within a public space. I love it!! Check out an interview/video on the artist on the TED blog here: http://blog.ted.com/2010/10/20/meet-jr/
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