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JR Reality and the Power of Portraits — JR, Revisited

JR Reality and the Power of Portraits — JR, Revisited

Update: 2025-06-26
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French photographer and street artist JR is best known for his striking large-scale black and white portraits that he flyposts in public spaces. Today on the FoST Podcast, we revisit a conversation with him about his foray into digitizing the collaborative Inside Out project—where communities are invited to create their own public art in his style—and what the project has taught him about the power of giving people the space to tell their own stories.

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© 2025 Future of StoryTelling, Corp.


Produced by Future of StoryTelling, Corp.

124 West 13th Street

New York, NY 10011

Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher

Director, Carolyn Merriman

Assistant Producer, Madison Brown


in collaboration with Charts & Leisure

Founder, Jason Oberholtzer

Producer, Meghal Janardan

Editor, Garrett Crowe 

Mix and Music, Michael Simonelli


With special thanks to JR, David Gray, Bonnie Eldon, Eitan Wolf, and Megan Worman.

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JR Reality and the Power of Portraits — JR, Revisited

JR Reality and the Power of Portraits — JR, Revisited

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