Always faithful to his 28mm lens, which gets close to the model in a way that makes it as expressive as possible, JR takes his photographs in post-conflict and difficult regions. These are portraits of African, Brazilian, Indian and Cambodian women, whose stories he wishes to share with us, telling us of their will to live… Huge portraits of them blossom in their native countries, from the roofs of shanty-towns to the walls of favelas, paying resounding tribute to the central role and dignity of these women.
Exhibiting these pictures in major western cities – Brussels in March 2008, then London and Paris in 2009 – is intended to foster a link, through art, between two worlds too far apart.
