Celebrating Fourteen Years of Transforming Stories into Works of Art!
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The Inside Out Project swept the globe with 158 Actions across 137 countries and over 26,000 participants! A huge thank you to everyone who helped bring public art to their community. You made our 2024 truly unforgettable! Check out our yearly highlights.
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In October, the Inside Out Photobooth arrived at the National Asian Culture Center in Gwangju, South Korea. This Action invited the community to add new layers of memory to a place steeped in historical significance.
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From May to September 2024, Alliances Françaises around the world united for a global initiative celebrating the diversity and richness of Francophonie. From the New York Alliance, Louise Bertin shares this collective journey, which culminated beautifully with a festive collage in the heart of Paris.
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In September 2024, more than 470 people came together in Abensberg, Germany to create a powerful community-driven Action to raise awareness about the importance democracy. Group leader Meada Mounajed shares her insights on bringing Inside Out project to her city.
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Last August, nearly 200 portraits of ambitious students were displayed in Lubumbashi, celebrating their dreams and aspirations for the future.
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Last month, the Inside Out Photobooth truck rolled into Pforzheim, Germany, to capture the faces of residents. Displayed around the river Enz, the portraits formed a creative hub illustrating the diversity of people living in the area. The Group Leaders, EMMA Creative Center, and A.K.T; share their experience with the Photobooth.
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Over one thousand people, from children to seniors, took their portrait to be part of “Act The Thought,” an Action that stood against misinformation and championed informed dialogue. The initiative now extends as an exhibition at the Livraria Lello Foundation in Porto until June 2025.
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The portraits of over 400 local Taiwanese vendors and residents from six markets, each representing different cultural communities, were displayed at the Festival Off Avignon in France, showcasing the island's cultural diversity and the spirit of freedom.
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Experience the exhibition "Faces of the French-Speaking World" at L’Alliance New York. Through portraits, installation photographs, objects, and films, this exhibit offers a snapshot of Inside Out’s reach over the past thirteen years and a look at the diverse faces of the Francophone community.
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Discover how the Alsatian capital is celebrating reading with an exhibition of 900 portraits of Strasbourg residents displayed in the train station, airport, and city libraries.
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The Nationwide Action “Inside Out - Publish the ERA” aims to bring the history and conversation about the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to streets across the USA. Participate by organizing a Group Action in your community!
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The Action about women's role in peacemaking that started at the UN in New York, has gone international, all the way to Geneva, Switzerland, collecting even more stories about peacebuilding!
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On March 2nd, 2011, JR made the wish to turn the world inside out using art. Imagined to only last one year, the Inside Out Project has kept expanding: thirteen years, and half a million participants later, hundreds of communities are still transforming streets around the world!
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Listen to the voices of the participants from this Action in Zaragoza, Spain! Through their Action, the community of El Gancho came together to tell the stories of their neighborhood and share them with the world through a special exhibition that included qr codes of audio recordings, interactive activities, and much more! Learn more about how they carried out this Action.
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Last year, we introduced audio recording to our Photobooths, allowing voices to be amplified worldwide from Brazil to Ukraine. Now, Group Leaders are also incorporating audio testimonies in their Actions, giving every single person who participates in the Inside Out Project an opportunity to share their story.
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In 2023, the Inside Out Project achieved remarkable milestones! Communities around the world created spectacular installations with 188 Actions gathering more than 38,800 portraits across 33 countries! Check out our yearly highlights.
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Participants now have the opportunity to add their voice to their portrait during Photobooth Actions. Check out the new testimonies feature on our website!
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Group Leader Sebastian Jung shares his reflections and process of creating an Action at "Büdchentag" (Kiosk-Day), by creating a unique photobooth backpack during a multicultural festival that honored the kiosk owners in Düsseldorf.
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More than 3,000 people struck a pose with their hand-embroidered creations and left their mark in our cave-shaped Photobooth at the 19M in Paris.
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Stationed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, our Photobooth truck captured 210 portraits of people from the Chamber of the UN Security Council to the streets of New York, UN leaders, visitors, students, and allies who stand for women's full, equal, and meaningful participation in peace and political processes.
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At this year’s Nuit Blanche in Taipei, more than 1,600 participants from all walks of life got their portrait taken in our Photobooth and recorded a story to add their voice to the rallying cry of ‘Time to Rise Up!’
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Read about this Group Leader's experience in creating an action for Peace in Burundi.
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The Inside Out Photobooth Truck is on a journey across Europe to celebrate the 50 Years of ESCP’s community and excellence. Students, teachers, and community members are invited to be part of this huge public art installation across Paris, Berlin, Turin, Madrid, and London!
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“We Are Here! | Ми тут!” is our first Photobooth Action in which participants have the opportunity to record their voice in an audio booth after taking their portrait. Hear some of the testimonials from participants currently in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A specially designed Photobooth will be at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv from June 30, 2023 to January 7, 2024 for the Action "We Are Here!" (Ми тут!).
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Read this Group Leader's experience creating an Action with her community in Chicago to shed light on an important issue in solidarity with the children of Ukraine.
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Check out these Actions in Bogotá, Cartagena, and Geneva showing support for refugees around the world.
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Ten years after the historic Inside Out Photobooth Action in Times Square, our truck returned to Duffy Square to celebrate peacekeepers and community members working together towards peace around the world.
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Group Leader Chloe Cohen shares her reflections and process of creating an Inside Out Action at Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station and details the impact it generated in the community by bringing together individuals of all backgrounds to create a work of art.
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More than 1,700 mothers from all 27 states of Brazil were photographed and displayed in Rio de Janeiro to show the world the different experiences and representations of what it means to be a mother.
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In Hong Kong, over 450 participants of all ages shared their beaming faces to celebrate the end of the mask mandate and the city's return to normalcy.
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Our Photobooth visited Torino last week to invite the public to participate in JR's "Déplacé∙e∙s" exhibition at Gallerie d’Italia.
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More than 1,000 portraits were displayed on the walls of the Museo del Novecento and the Secondo Arengario in Milan's Piazza del Duomo to highlight a generation that still has a voice that deserves to be heard.
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This March communities worldwide took their portraits to the streets to advocate for women’s equality and health.
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In 2022, students from all over the world transformed their schools with Inside Out Actions. Let’s take a look at some of these beautiful initiatives, and learn how you can build your own!
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As 2022 comes to a close, we’re celebrating all that the Inside Out community has accomplished this year!
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April 2022 marked the Inside Out team’s first-ever Photobooth in a prison. Following the Activation, the participants shared how participating in a collaborative art project left a profound impact on their community.
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Three Inside Out Actions were organized in refugee camps around the world to make visible the faces of children being affected by climate change, war, and social instability.
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This fall, we visited six public schools throughout New York for our 2022 Back2School tour – check out the highlights!
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As part of Art D'Égypte's Forever Is Now II exhibition, the Inside Out Project launched our first pyramid-shaped Photobooth at the pyramids in Giza, Egypt, open October 27th to November 10th.
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The Inside Out Team is back from a two-week Photobooth Action in Kobe, Japan where we took nearly 2,700 portraits to celebrate the diversity of the historic port city!
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Check out the many ways you can celebrate back to school with the Inside Out Project!
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The Portuguese translation of our website is live!
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Pastings evolve over time and deteriorate with nature – that’s an integral part of their beauty.
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Our Photobooth is taking portraits at Meriken Park in Kobe, Japan from August 15th to 28th. Come join the fun!
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Long Live Abortion - Cultural and committed programming in support of abortion rights around the world.
Mobilization in Paris to support the right to abortion at a national level.
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The Group Action “People Who Dream of Peace and Connection” built connections across division and ignited greater hopes for peace on the island of Cyprus.
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Learn more about the new app JR Reality!
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Explore JR's newest app!
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The first country-wide Inside Out Action to ever take place across Brazil celebrates mothers and their resilience!
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Take a look at what the Inside Out community accomplished during our 11th year!
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Despite their young age, they have a great understanding of the world around them and demand equality and acceptance for all identities.
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Share the story of your Action’s origin and impact in your own words.
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To celebrate the opening of the JR: Chronicles exhibit at the Groninger Museum, our Photobooth truck will be taking portraits throughout the week!
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The Inside Out Project was featured in one of the three yearly editions of The National Society for Education in Art and Design’s AD magazine.
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You can now easily submit your photos if you encounter an Inside Out Action on your city streets – we will share them!
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We are launching a worldwide Inside Out Action online to send a message to all of the attendees of COP26: We demand action to combat climate change!
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We’re inviting all of New York City to take part in celebrating the strength of our diversity and create a family portrait of NYC.
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Over the course of three weeks, 2,000 participants from 15 cities across 7 states on both coasts, stepped into our photobooth trucks in support of a pathway to citizenship for millions of people across the country.
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You can now submit your photos of an Action. Participants, volunteers, passersby can now send us their pictures of Actions snapped in the street!
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As part of the multi-city Action Europe Look Me In The Eyes, 15 refugees of all ages shared their experiences as they seek protection and asylum in Europe.
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After kick starting the Inside Out Education workshops in March of this year with a classroom from Cenon, France, our team spoke with three more classrooms last week and has many more to come!
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Contact and comment! We just launched two new features on our website for you to connect with the Inside Out community.
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The Inside Out Project Team is back from their break and getting straight on the road for its second rendition of Inside Out 11M, a country-wide Action on Immigration reform.
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Europe Look Me In The Eyes, the largest European multi-city Group Action, happening this Saturday, brings awareness to the conditions of refugees being held in Greece and the need for change in European migration policies.
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Two gallery shows and a city wide Inside Out Action to celebrate Londoners!
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In celebration of the UEFA EURO 2020 Football Championships, the streets of London were transformed by thousands of photographs of Londoners, between June 13th and June 26th.
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To celebrate the launch of the second edition of the XQ Yearbook, the Inside Out Team brought out the Photobooth for the first time in more than a year! We visited four high schools in three states and printed more than 550 posters.
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For our second edition of the XQ Yearbook, Inside Out Project wants to celebrate the achievements of high school students of all grade levels in the United States by inviting them to participate in the biggest and greatest yearbook in the nation!
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Inside Out 11M, an Action that spans 7 states and 15 cities creates a portrait of America that highlights both our diversity and our unity in the face of upcoming immigration reform.
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JR and the Inside Out Project recently launched a new book, published by Phaidon, under the title ‘How old I am?’ 100 people from 100 different countries were invited to participate and tell their stories in a way that will help children from all over the world count from 1 to 100 in a new way.
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The Inside Out Project just turned 10 and to celebrate this important milestone, we spent the year working on a brand new platform. With new features and more comprehensive content, this website will further engage with the Inside Out Project’s community and show the world that the Inside Out Project is very much live and alive!
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On March 2nd 2021, the Inside Out Project turned 10 years old.
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