JR WINS THE TED

Sorry about the lack of posts yesterday . . . I will do double duty today (make sure to check in this afternoon for a second post!).

I first posted about the incredible public artist JR last year. He takes photos of local people in different countries all over the world, blows them up to colossal size, and posts them back in the communities as an ersatz street honorific. His current series is about the strength of women (I topic I believe in!) and the video above is the preview to this new work.

Even better? He just won the 2011 TED Prize and they have a fabulous interview (showing an overview of his work) with the artist here.

(Thanks to swiss-miss for the heads up!)

ONE LOVELY BLOG!

My favorite curator, photographer and blogger recently gave me a great honor: the "One Lovely Blog" award! Hooray! Unfortunately I have been remiss and have delayed thanking Jessica for her kind gesture! Thank you Jessica! Check out Boston Handmade's blog here and Jessica's lovely work here.

In the spirit of the pass-it-on-style award I will now announce my honorees for "One Lovely Blog" spilling my (not so) secret sources for all of the cool things I write about here:

• ~>o<~
• Black*Eiffel
• Milk, Eggs, Chocolate
• Fine Little Day
• HeySusy
• Inchmark
• Oh Happy Day!
• Something's Hiding in Here
• Swiss Miss
• My Polaroid Blog

For nominees, the way this works:

* Upon accepting the award, post it on your blog together with the name of who granted the award with a blog link.
* Pass the award to 10 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.