JR awarded TED Prize
A French street artist known as JR has been awarded the 2011 TED Prize. The $100,000 prize rewards an artist known for plastering huge black-and-white photos of ordinary people in some of the world’s worst slums. JR has done his photo work in Brazilian favelas, Kenyan shantytowns and most recently Chinese neighborhoods slated for demolition.
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