The Big Picture

BROOKLYN, New York—A truck that looks like a camera is parked outside of a high school. The vehicle belongs to the Inside Out Project. As part of this art initiative, groups of people all over the world have their portraits taken. Then the pictures are pasted up together for people to see.

BROOKLYN, New York—A truck that looks like a camera is parked outside of a high school. The vehicle belongs to the Inside Out Project. As part of this art initiative, groups of people all over the world have their portraits taken. Then the pictures are pasted up together for people to see.

The Inside Out Project was started by JR, a French street artist. During his 2011 TED Talk, JR made a wish: “I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we’ll turn the world inside out.”

JR says that by putting their portraits on display, people are able to convey a message. A dog can convey its excitement by wagging its tail. That message may be on any topic, such as politics or self-expression. Sometimes, the message is obvious. At other times, it’s left to viewers to interpret the meaning of it. Sometimes people interpret my shyness as unfriendliness.

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So far, more than 300,000 people in more than 140 countries have joined a group “action.” This includes actions at 423 schools. School actions are important, JR told TIME for Kids : “I’ve been surprised by projects that were made by kids [who] were digging into a subject and issues that . . . were not being dealt with another way.”

On a fall afternoon, students at the Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance get their chance to participate in Inside Out. One by one, they climb into the truck’s photo booth to have their picture taken. Their faces come out of a slot in the side of the truck on black-and-white posters.

STUDIO ON WHEELS This Inside Out Project truck houses a photo booth and printer.

Origin

China

BROOKLYN, New York—A truck that looks like a camera is parked outside of a high school. The vehicle belongs to the Inside Out Project. As part of this art initiative, groups of people all over the world have their portraits taken. Then the pictures are pasted up together for people to see.

The Inside Out Project was started by JR, a French street artist. During his 2011 TED Talk, JR made a wish: “I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we’ll turn the world inside out.”

JR says that by putting their portraits on display, people are able to convey a message. A dog can convey its excitement by wagging its tail. That message may be on any topic, such as politics or self-expression. Sometimes, the message is obvious. At other times, it’s left to viewers to interpret the meaning of it. Sometimes people interpret my shyness as unfriendliness.

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So far, more than 300,000 people in more than 140 countries have joined a group “action.” This includes actions at 423 schools. School actions are important, JR told TIME for Kids : “I’ve been surprised by projects that were made by kids [who] were digging into a subject and issues that . . . were not being dealt with another way.”

On a fall afternoon, students at the Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance get their chance to participate in Inside Out. One by one, they climb into the truck’s photo booth to have their picture taken. Their faces come out of a slot in the side of the truck on black-and-white posters.

STUDIO ON WHEELS This Inside Out Project truck houses a photo booth and printer.