JR- InsideOut Project

Part 1
Everyone has good times and bad times and has the same smiles like we see in this photo. The FaceToFace project done by JR figure out why Palestinians and Israelis couldn’t find a way to get along together. He went to Israel with his camera and took portraits of both Palestinians and Israelis doing the same jobs. When some people asked him why he and his friends were doing as they posted the portraits on the street walls, he told them what they were doing whether they could tell the difference between them. He was trying to tell people that all the human beings are basically the same in many ways and there are no point of fighting and killing each others for differences. He also wanted to tell their stories by presenting portraits of some people. I think Face 2 Face project which he told people that he posted Israeli and Palestinian beside each other as an example is humorous very impactful because I feel that it will prevent people from having prejudice. The reason is that we are all the same humans with emotion, opinion, and expression of our own. And each other can happen until we don’t feel differences from one another anymore.


Part 2
- Sarah R. “I stand for photography and art that foments social change”

Sarah Rockford is a senior in high school at Colorado Academy in Denver, Colorado. She was passionate about photography, especially portraiture. Also, she mentioned that she was inspired to do a project like JR. Therefore during the first half the school year, she ended up doing was to take black and white portraits of eighty-six of her classmates. She created a series of over-sized portraits that she hung all throughout her high school, taking over the entire building. Moreover, she wanted to share his project with him because he inspired Sarah to take pictures of people she had spends time with every day but don’t necessarily look at. Final comment was that she would be more than have a chance to be part of his project.

Part 3
1. Define your school community: my school community is a place where I can learn and explore more about my passionate. And I think my school as a family like community. Everyone is accepting of different ideas and creates more a family like community
2. What do you value about your school community: I think the most things that I value about my school communities are my friends, and teachers. And freedom of creating my own work and know how to accept others and their freedom..
3. What does art matter: for me, art matter because it is my major and I am most passionate about studying art. Also learning about myself and other people when art gives me chance to experience of people. Art certainly allows me to define myself and I think without art, it wouldn’t have happened.
4. How would you express this visually: I feel the most greatest that I would be able to express this visually through fine arts and photography.