JR converts his pictures into posters and transforms our streets into universal open-air galleries. After his first guerrilla exhibition on the walls of Montfermeils ghettois (seine-saint-dennis) in 2004, JR settled down right in the heart of the district armed with a 28 mm lens.With collaborating with Lady Ly, he shot full frame portraits of young people from this neighborhood and the nearby district of the nearby district of The Forestiere in clichy_sous-Bois, epicentre of riots events of Fall 2005.The first portraits were illegally pasted on the East walls of Paris, a district that was once run-down with a certain "in your face" rudeness, they provoke passers-by and question the social and media representations of a genertion that people only want to see outside the doors of Paris or on the news.
28mm - portrait of a generation, is a collection of the 28 most meaningful portrait from the whole series. Also included are some shots of daily moments, as well as several action shots from the street in 2005.

Preface by Vincent Cassel 

Softcover
Pages 48
Black and white images
ISBN 9 872862 275024
Published by Editions Alternatives