JR Reality and the Power of Portraits

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Future of StoryTelling (FoST)

Future of StoryTelling

146 episodes

21 hours ago

The Future of StoryTelling (FoST) podcast is a series of conversations between FoST founder and CEO Charlie Melcher and some of the world’s brightest storytellers across a range of disciplines, focusing on how stories can help provoke positive and lasting change in the world. The Future of StoryTelling is a passionate community of people from the worlds of media, technology, and communications who explore how storytelling is evolving in the digital age.

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JR Reality and the Power of Portraits — JR, Revisited

Future of StoryTelling (FoST)

31 minutes

4 months ago

JR Reality and the Power of Portraits — JR, Revisited

French photographer and street artist JR is best known for his striking large-scale black and white portraits that he flyposts in public spaces. Today on the FoST Podcast, we revisit a conversation with him about his foray into digitizing the collaborative Inside Out project—where communities are invited to create their own public art in his style—and what the project has taught him about the power of giving people the space to tell their own stories. To learn more, visit our website at fost.org. -- © 2025 Future of StoryTelling, Corp. Produced by Future of StoryTelling, Corp. 124 West 13th Street New York, NY 10011 Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher Director, Carolyn Merriman Assistant Producer, Madison Brown in collaboration with Charts & Leisure Founder, Jason Oberholtzer Producer, Meghal Janardan Editor, Garrett Crowe Mix and Music, Michael Simonelli With special thanks to JR, David Gray, Bonnie Eldon, Eitan Wolf, and Megan Worman.