JR is the world-famous street artist who brought to Los Angeles, the city of beauty and vanity, perhaps what it needs most: wrinkles.
Doing what he does in forgotten, low-income neighborhoods around the world, JR visited Los Angeles last year, photographed carefully chosen locals and plastered their black and white portraits in various locations in the city, with several near 3rd Street and Alameda in downtown. He was unexpectedly awarded the $100,000 2011 TED prize, and his work was a part of MOCA's "Art In The Streets" exhibit last year.
With his latest video (above), JR introduces us to the individuals and the stories behind the eyes, and the wrinkles, plastered around our city.
Here are some images of JR's street art in New York and London:
JR's Street Art
(01 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of the bronx neighborhood Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(02 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of the bronx neighborhood Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(03 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of the bronx neighborhood Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(04 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of the bronx neighborhood Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(05 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall under a highway as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(06 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of the bronx neighborhood Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(07 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of the bronx neighborhood Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(08 of11)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Pictures composed by the French street artist JR are plastered to a wall as part of a community project called "Through A Mother's Eyes," which involves members of the economically distressed neighborhood of the bronx neighborhood Hunts Point in images taken by and of themselves on June 30, 2011 in New York City. JR, a recent TED prize winner, has staged similar projects around the world that look to transform high crime and impoverished neighborhoods into spaces for street art combined with the celebration of community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
(09 of11)
LONDON - MAY 23: (L-R) The work of Barcelona artist Sixeart, artist JR and New York artist Faile is photographed by pedestrians and exhibited as part of the new Street Art Show opening on May 23, 2008 in London, England. Street Art exhibits the work of six international artists on the facade of the Tate Modern facing the Thames and will be on show until August 25, 2008. (Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images)
(10 of11)
Works of art are pictured behind the Millennium Bridge on the river facade of the Tate Modern in London, on May 23, 2008. The Tate Modern commissioned six artists, whose work is intricately linked to the urban environment and unveiled the giant street art works on Friday. The artists are: Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain. AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry (Photo credit should read SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images)
(11 of11)
Works of art are pictured behind the Millennium Bridge on the river facade of the Tate Modern in London, on May 23, 2008. The Tate Modern commissioned six artists, whose work is intricately linked to the urban environment and unveiled the giant street art works on Friday. The artists are: Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain. AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry (Photo credit should read SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images)
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