French Artist Jr Posters As Roofs

In recognition of his achievements he was awarded the 2011 ted prize then worth 100 000.

French artist jr posters as roofs. T he parisian photographer jr is a man routinely touted as the hippest street artist since banksy. Jr works at the intersection of photography street art filmmaking and social engagement. Jr is the pseudonym of a french photographer and artist whose identity is unconfirmed. Jr the french artist who woke up the street jr never takes off his sunglasses or his hat and refuses to reveal his identity.

As an very active french artist he exposes his monumental black and white photographs on concrete walls or rusty roofs of cities throughout the world. His work has sold at sotheby s and been plastered 100ft high on the wall of tate modern. After observing the people he met and listening to their message jr pasted their portraits up in the streets and basements and on the roof tops of paris. From buildings in the slums around paris to the walls in the middle east and africa or the favelas of brazil.

Describing himself as a photograffeur he flyposts large black and white photographic images in public locations in a manner similar to the appropriation of the built environment by the graffiti artist.