Changing The World: Street Artist Jr Showing The World Its True Face

The 2011 Ted Prize Winner goes to street artist Jr who,  for many years now,  has been plastering cities with  photographs of faces of people who are in extreme poverty or who live on the edge of society.  These images are then  scaled to large sizes and pasted on the walls, roof tops, and public structures found in that particular community.  His work combines art and action and deals with commitment, freedom, identity and limits.  You can read more about Jr at TED PRIZE

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The Photographs of Marc Da Cunha Lopes

Ok, check this out.  Marc Da Cunha Lopes, a Paris based photographer has executed some really amazing work ranging from  personal to commercial, editorial to simply odd .  For example, in his series Vertebrata, large  skeletons of animals are placed in urban environments devoid of people but referencing their existence. This work could easily be seen as a commentary on the nature of archaeology and how we humans leave our landscapes with skeletons of many different sorts.

If that’s not enough, take a look at some of his other photographic illustrations that are both dark yet humorous.

From the series Lulu

From the series Lulu

From the series Lulu

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Stained Glass Resistance: Portrait of Hitler Discovered in French Church Window – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

“Local historians in the town of Montgeron have rediscovered a stained-glass church window that criticizes the Nazi occupation by depicting Adolf Hitler as an executioner. The dictator is shown in the act of killing St. James, who was one of Jesus’ 12 apostles.”

Stained Glass Resistance: Portrait of Hitler Discovered in French Church Window – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International.

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