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JR is the name of a photographer and artist whose identity is unconfirmed. He has described himself as a "photograffeur" because he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in surprising public locations in a manner which is similar to the appropriation of the built environment by the graffiti artist. JR's work often challenges widely held preconceptions and the reductive images propagated by advertising and the media. He exhibits his photographs in the street that he qualifies as the largest art gallery in the world. His work combines art and action and deals with commitment, freedom, identity and limits