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    JR: The Chronicles of New York City
    JR: The Chronicles of New York City
    JR: The Chronicles of New York City
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    JR: The Chronicles of New York City

    By JR, Anne Pasternak and Darren Walker

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    TED Prize winner, Oscar nominee, and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2018, JR is a contemporary art superstar.

    In 2018, over one thousand New Yorkers posed for the camera and told their stories at JR's mobile photo studio and JR compiled their portraits into an astounding photographic mural—a portrait of the city—for the Brooklyn Museum.

    This book features both the final mural and every individual photo, as well as a selection of compelling stories and a behind-the-scenes look at how this incredible work was made.

    • This art piece captures the essence of an iconic city in words and images
    • Includes a removable poster that showcases the entire mural
    • Features a foreword by Darren Walker and an artist's statement
    • Beautiful on the coffee table or in a photo book collection

    Fans of Humans of New York, Jason Polan's Every Person in New York, and Banksy's Wall and Piece will love this book.

    This book is perfect for:
    • Fans of the artist JR
    • Anyone who loves New York City
    • Photographers, both established and aspiring
    • Lovers of contemporary art, black and white photography, and site-specific art projects

    Editor's Note

    Editor's pick…

    If you love art, or people, or New York, check this out! JR, an artist known for larger-than-life public art installations, asked everyday New Yorkers to choose a pose in action for these stunning photos. The art and accompanying interviews create a fascinating glimpse into the commonality we all share regarding how we place ourselves in space.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateDec 17, 2019
    ISBN9781797200682
    JR: The Chronicles of New York City
    Author

    JR

    JR is a celebrated artist whose oversize black-and-white portraits adorn walls, streets, and rooftops around the world. He lives in Paris and New York.

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      JR - JR

      Text by Anne Pasternak and Darren Walker copyright © 2019 Chronicle Books LLC.

      Map on page 19 copyright © 2019 Chronicle Books LLC.

      All other text and images copyright © 2019 by JR.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

      ISBN: 978-1-7972-0068-2 (epub, mobi)

      ISBN: 978-1-4521-8492-0 (hardcover)

      Design by Danielle Youngsmith.

      Chronicle books and gifts are available at special quantity discounts to corporations, professional associations, literacy programs, and other organizations.

      For details and discount information, please contact our premiums department at corporatesales@chroniclebooks.com or at 1-800-759-0190.

      Chronicle Books LLC

      680 Second Street

      San Francisco, California 94107

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      CONTENTS

      JR LOVES PEOPLE BY ANNE PASTERNAK 6

      CAPTURING THE WONDER OF NEW YORK BY DARREN WALKER 8

      INTRODUCTION BY JR 11

      A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES 12

      PHOTO LOCATIONS 18

      THE MURAL 19

      THE PORTRAITS AND INTERVIEWS 20

      juanita jones 22

      daniel sanders 23

      derrick boler 24

      giash ahmed 25

      ramon correa 28

      robert bayron 31

      christopher tineo 32

      vivian negron 35

      karen johnson 36

      hanna han-josiah 39

      gaitree jugdeo and linda jugdeo 40

      sara arno 43

      alex corporan 44

      avril guerrero 46

      jon boogs 47

      rafe scobey-thal 48

      floyd harden 50

      amy wilson 51

      shoshana guy 52

      nile harris 55

      john pullos 56

      jinghan zhang 59

      lijuan jenny he 60

      donny guercin 61

      chris nobloxs 63

      tara cole 64

      sandra decroti 65

      boluwaji adelabu 67

      lynn nacmias 68

      dua snowden 69

      drewe cupid 71

      wanda nieves 73

      jon viktor corpuz 74

      richard brown 76

      emilie schwenk 80

      edythe hughes 81

      briene lermitte 82

      danny gonzalez 85

      renard s. collins 86

      philip sylvester 87

      kenny scoby 88

      garrette gordon 90

      tylo carter 91

      leslie camhi 92

      yann ledoux 94

      zach mangan and minami mangan 95

      cleo berliner 96

      art spiegelman and françoise mouly 99

      vincent cassel and tina kunakey 100

      drew sawyer 103

      wander saldana 104

      james magenst 105

      kate lupo 107

      destiny bello 108

      vaishvi shah 111

      brandon crowe and casper crowe 113

      wambui wainaina and adam simon 116

      stéphanie de rouge 118

      katie osterloh 121

      alan mccutchan 122

      siyong yoon (pictured with jiseon han) 125

      marissa mullen 126

      hamida priya and arham raj 130

      mazdack rassi 132

      scott thode 133

      layan elwazani 134

      adam kantor 135

      bill army 138

      oliver jeffers 140

      richie notar 143

      marivaldo dos santos 144

      rebecca evans 147

      alon sicherman 148

      frank davi 151

      isabel adler 153

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 157

      CREDITS 158

      photo credits 158

      THE AUTHORS 160

      by anne pasternak

      shelby white and leon levy director

      of the brooklyn museum

      JR LOVES PEOPLE

      For years I pleaded with the TED staff to give its prestigious annual prize to an artist. My pleading bordered on pushy, even obnoxious. But I had long admired the conference’s mission to do good in the world and was in awe of its mind-blowing reach to millions of online followers, and I believed TED could play an important role in amplifying art and artists that shared the company’s commitment to progressing the social good. I wanted the world to know that contemporary artists around the world were stretching conventions about what art is and could be by working with community leaders, legislators, and even politicians to make tangible change around the globe. These were artists who weren’t just pointing to problems; they were working hard to solve them in fresh and creative ways. And who better than TED to get that message across?

      My persistence over the years was received with grace and openness by the TED team. Then, in early 2011, I got the call saying that TED’s leader, Chris Anderson, had agreed that an artist would receive the prize that year. I was thrilled and didn’t waste a moment to nominate a few of my favorite artists working at the intersection of art and social change.

      I couldn’t wait to see who would win, and I was hopeful I’d soon see one of my nominees on stage that March. But when Chris Anderson introduced the winner, I was stunned.

      JR? Who is he? How could the TED team pick an artist I had never heard of?

      I confess, I was enraged. I thought the TED team had blown it.

      How wrong I was . . .

      Within minutes, JR’s ease, grace, humility, and humor on the TED stage began to crack my emotional armor. I listened as he described tagging buildings in Paris as a teenager and finding an old camera, which opened a new chapter in his life as a fledgling artist. Soon he was documenting his friends’ adventures as they tagged buildings across the city. Then he began gluing photocopies of his images on public

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