Street Art Photography

Someone who has really pushed the boundaries of what can be done with photography is the french street artist known as JR.

He pastes huge, large-scale photographs of people in public spaces, which, when placed in particular areas, provides a political meaning.

For example, in the favelas of Rio De Janeiro, he pasted giant portraits of women whose loved ones had been killed by the police. And in Paris he pasted huge portraits of ghetto inhabitants in Parisian suburbs that had recently become more affluent.

Commenting on his work, JR says:

"The street provides me with the support, the wall, the atmosphere, but depending on where I put the photo the whole thing changes."

Below are some examples of his work: