The Inside Out Photo Booth truck arrived in San Francisco in July, and they set up in front of City Hall for Inside Out 11M, inviting all to join in this nationwide participatory art initiative aimed at creating a portrait of America that includes immigrants and the descendants of immigrants alike.
Inside Out is a global participatory art project initiated by the award-winning artist JR to pay tribute to the power and dignity of individuals by displaying their portraits in public spaces around the world. People share their untold stories and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art.
Young and old alike are invited to participate.
Even the Mayor Lee came by to have his photo taken.
People were invited into the photo booth to have a seat.
Say Cheese! Then back outside to wait for your photo to come out.
Once the portrait was printed, volunteers were pasting them on long runners.
One global project meets another.
A Blue Marble for Rhea who printed out a couple of Inside Out backdrops for us.
We will be setting up our own Photo Booth to invite the Rooftop community to participate in JR's Inside Out 11M project.
Once we forward our photo files on to the Inside Out team, and they will send back large scale prints for display. The photos that we gather will be used in our upcoming art show at the Luggage Store Annex in the Tenderloin, the neighborhood that is home for many newly arrived immigrants to San Francisco.
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