People from France, Paris. This photographersname i dont know.. do you know?

Question

There is this france photographer, but i think he is orignal from Africa and lives Paris. Well all i know is that he makes pictures of the people in the Banliue and post them as big posters in the centrum of Paris where all the ''highclass'' live.

The posters are mostly pictures of peoples faces from the Banlieu.

I think he does that to make a point. I dont know his name tho! And how i wish to know that.

So if you have any idea, could u let me know.??

Thnq

Answer 1

ivan stepanovitch told you abt famous photographers, but noone is ok with your description.

on the contrary, as sasha said, JR seems to be the good answer: he's well known for pictures of the banlieue. maybe he could be the one you're lookin for (but dunno if he was born in africa).

http://www.jr-art.net/

Answer 2

May be the photographer JR...

Answer 3

Henri Cartier-Bresson - he's dead - but before created the Magnum Agency -

A great good man - who put much simplicity in technics and approach of people - his favourite subject -

His most famous picture shot in 1945 or 46 is worldwide famous - young lovers kissing each other on the Place de l'Hotel de Ville .

www.henricartierbresson.org/hcb/home_f... - 8k

Otherwise I nearly personally know Yann Arthus-Bertrand, who formarly was photographer for tax authorities (...!!!....)

He created several great albums about "les français" which are absolutely breath-cutters - you can make great presents with them and find the man  ( as well as Cartier-Bresson ) on

Amazon.fr

All people loving those two men are my friends -