The Eyes of the Lapa Arch

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp

The Eyes of Lapa Arch

Rio de Janeiro - A mysterious French photographer - who identifies himself as JR, exhibits photos portraits of Brazilian women have had a relative killed by the Brazilian police in the Providencia slum in Rio de Janeiro. The photographs will be extended and will occupy the dependences of the France-Brazil House, and will also be seen in the façade of other building and public spaces of the Center, as the Room Cecília Meireles and the Arcs of the Lapa, downtown Rio. The photo exhibition is part of the formal celebration of the presence of the French culture in Brazil. The opening of the exposition will be on April 24 at 10h, with free entrance in the France-Brazil House in Rio de Janeiro.
The exposition 28 Millimeters /JR Women is part of the Women series, initiated in Africa in 2008, in regions devastates for conflicts and wars. In August of the same year, JR was in Rio de Janeiro to film and to photograph the women of the slum quarter of the favela of Morro da Providencia. Later, it glue its images in the façades of the houses of the mount, playing with vain, doors and windows. The initiative culminated in an immense installation the opened sky, formed for sets of ten of giant photos. It is the result of this experience that will be shown in the exposition that will reopen the France-Brazil House, through diverse languages: photograph, scenographic, transmission of images to the living creature, and elements.
The JR work already covered goods overthrown in the whole world, as the Hebron wall in Palestine and the Museum of the Louvre in Paris.
The eyes on the Lapa Arches belong to the photographic project of JR, www.jr-art.net, an artist photographer from Paris, he is famous for his photographic installations on social topics in unthinkable places of the world. One of its most famous installation was " Face to Face" , a photo exhibition along the Hebron wall in Palestine. The news of the representing blowups of the Arabs and Palestinian faces exposed along the wall became very famous through the world media, but the initiative made JR arrested by the Israeli authorities.
The French artist does his projects around the world without permission of the governments authorities. He is not supported by anyone and the funds necessary for his intervention cane from his commercial photographic activity.

http://anodafrancanobrasil.cultura.gov.br/br/2009/04/03/projeto-mulheres28-mm-do-fotografo-frances-jr-reabre-casa-franca-brasil/

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2009/04/20/grande-festa-abre-nesta-terca-ano-da-franca-no-brasil-755360611.asp