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Jr-Il fotografo attivista francese di cui avete gia’ potuto leggere piu’ volte su questo sito, converte le sue fotografie in poster e trasforma le strade in una galleria d’arte illegale a cielo aperto.

Da Parigi a Berlino fino a Los angeles Jr immortala la realtà del disagio urbano e la riproduce attraverso gigantografie sui muri delle stesse città che la hanno generata.
La cosa particolarmente divertente e che lo fa sia sui muri dei ghetti periferici, quasi a ringraziare la gente di quei luoghi per la collaborazione, sia sui muri di quei quartieri da “bourgeois bohemian”, per la serie “ti sbatto in faccia quella realta’ che fai fatica ad inquadrare”.Big up!!!!

Ora tutti i progetti di JR sono stati racchiusi in un libro che non posso fare altro che consigliarvi: 28mm – PORTRAIT OF A GENERATION
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“The Book 28mm – portrait of a generation, is a collection of the 28 most meaningful portraits from the whole series. Also included are some on the spot shots of moments shared with the young people of The Forestière, as well as several actions shots from the streets in 2005.

The photographer-activist, JR, converts his pictures into posters and transforms our streets into universal open-air galleries. From Los Angeles to Berlin, he keeps his independence and illegal exhibits in the streets, which he considers to be his very own gallery.

After his first guerrilla exhibition on the walls of Montfermeil’s ghetto’s (93/370) in 2004, JR settled down right in the heart of the district collaborating with Ladj Ly, inhabitant of the ghetto, actor and director from the collective,Kourtrajmé. Armed with a 28 mm lens, JR shot full frame portraits of young people from this neighbourhood and the nearby district of The Forestière (Clichy-sous-Bois, 93). This no frills, straight forward technique allowed them to get very close to this generation. Interviewing them, without restrictions, on the recent events of November 2005.

The first portraits were illegally pasted on the east walls of Paris, a district that was once run-down, but has now become a residency for the bourgeois bohemian, who are shielded from theflames. With a certain « in your face » rudeness, they provokepassers-by and question the social and media representation of ageneration that people only want to see outside the doors of Paris or on the news.”

++all photo © 2004 – 2006 28 mm++

Posted by: Simone Ferraro