On March 2, 2011, French photographer who goes by the name “JR” won the TED Conference in Long Beach, Calif. and decided to create a global participatory art project with the aspiration to change the world.
He called it the Inside Out Project, inspired by giant format photographs that characterize the work of JR—and, being pasted on buildings, walls, doors and public spaces.
The subjects of the photographs have the opportunity to share their portraits and make an accompanying statement. This summer in San Francisco, the project focuses on the Immigration Reform Act, and how each person photographed shows his or her support for it.
The project is presented as a global platform through which people around the world share their stories and convey messages of change that are displayed in public spaces.
To date, more than 120,000 people from around 110 countries have participated.
The images correspond to the activities carried out at Civic Center, Valencia Street, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. There were two projects that took place in San Francisco—one in the Bayview District and another in the Financial District, created between July 31 and Aug. 5, 2013.
The project is being documented at www.insideoutproject.net/11M and can be followed on Instagram and Facebook http://instagram.com/insideoutproject https://www.facebook.com/InsideOutProject
—Translation Alfonso Agirre