JR is an anonymous frenchman who travels the world taking photos. His subjects are the unsung heroes of this planet, whose photographs he blows up and plasters freely in the streets. Back in 2008 he pitched up in the slum of Kibera, Nairobi, and embarked on a project to underline the dignity of African women. The whole community got involved, some elderly women became models for a day, some kids turned into artists for a week.
‘Of course, it didn’t change the world, but sometimes a single laughter in an unexpected place makes you dream that it could’ – JR.
JR – EXTRAIT “WOMEN ARE HEROES”, Kibera, Kenya by JR
Photo & video © JR
About Holly Meadows
I’m
Holly – Assistant Editor @
Safari . Born and raised in the rural British Counties, my mother began life on a sugar farm in Zululand. After reading Anthropology at university in London, working for a political activist filmmaker in India, and doing a short stint under the bright lights of Bollywood – I decided it was time to return to the motherland. To earn a crust in the name of wanderlust, I finished up a post grad in media and hotfooted around South Africa as a freelance travel journalist. Now, I’ve landed up in the hallways of Safari magazine. If your heart beats for Africa follow this blog & check out Safari.
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