I watched a TED talks video with an artist called JR, he used to be a graffiti artist in paris but one day found a camera and started to experiment with photography. he combined the two and started to paste the photos on walls around the city. he has gone one to post pictures up all around the world tackling difficult subjects in places that most outsiders would not dare to go. He pasted up pictures in Favelas in Rio of the mothers of people who had died in conflict with rival gangs and police. He covered buildings in photos of the women and when he finished he left without releasing any information to the press. He said this was to force the press to go to the favelas and talk to the women about their story. His Photos represented the women who suffer because of the violence in Rio but as well as creating a connection between his work and his audience he also made a connection between the media and the women in his photos. This created a dialogue where their story could be heard!
This is a link to the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAy1zBtTbw
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