TED Talk Winner JR

Photographer JR is the TED Prize Winner for 2011.

image © JR

JR is best known for posting his large scale his images in urban environments to bring awareness to social issues.

Originally his photo pasting projects were unauthorized and mostly done in slums to shed light on poverty, since then he has moved through different social issue most recently focusing on the plight of women in Africa.



For more information on JR visit his website and read the article in the New York Times and on the TED blog.

In February 2011 JR will announce his TED wish.