Women Are Heroes

Brew — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:50:51 +0000

For all of the Parisian Maroons, there’s an amazing exhibition going on in Paris right now…Women Are Heroes by French photographer JR. The exhibition features portraits of over 70 women that JR encountered in the shantytowns, favelas and villages of Kenya, Brazil, Cambodia, and India. These women are the faces of struggle, stability, violence, poverty and strength, holding together their families, communities and the world through their grace and resilience. JR shows these women, with their lives carved into faces and their struggle worn on the backs, in the light that women should be seen in — the foundation and pillars of society. The works are pasted all over the city — on the walls, on the the bridges, on bricks and houses — the society’s foundation etched in the foundations of the city.

Women Are Heroes on the Ile Saint Louis in Paris

I heard that the best view of the installations is from a boat ride around the city. And be sure to stop by he Pavillon de l’Arsenal where JR has reconstructed the oldest house in the oldest favela in the world (the house was dismantled and brought from Rio de Janeiro).

Women in Brazil

There are also photos taken in the various countries, where the women’s portraits were installed in the center of the cities that they support.

Women in Kenya

For those of us not in Paris, see more pictures from Women Are Heroes here.

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M.J. — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:53:25 +0000

I’m super excited about this!!!

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Women Are Heroes

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