The 27-year-old "photograffeur," who has posted his work everywhere from the slums of Paris to the favelas of Brazil, just scored the $100,000 TED prize. Awarded by a CA conference of tech, entertainment and design leaders, it grants a "wish" to those engaged in humanitarian efforts.
Two years ago, JR embarked on a long globetrot to show "the dignity of women who are often the targets of conflicts." This is "28 Millimetres: Women Are Heroes," in Kibera slum, Kenya. JR shot B&W portraits of slum-dwellers, then posted these massive enlargements on the buildings in which his subjects lived.
