The Face2Face Project
 When it comes to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, a lot of solutions have given peace a try. Road maps have driven past, accords have pitched their tents, and multi-country proposals have detailed their ideas. Now, The Face2Face Project would like to give the up-close-and-comic theory a shot.
This photography campaign presents enormous black-and-white portraits of Palestinians and Israelis who hold the same jobs. Musicians, actors, athletes, religious leaders, and children peer directly into the camera, flash toothy smiles, raise eyebrows, grimace, shout, and commit any number of other exaggerated gestures. The shutterbug optimists between the project then enlarged 41 of these images and printed them for display "in unavoidable places." The pictures for the Palestinian territory went up on March 4. The Israeli side gets its copies today. Here's hoping that the face-to-face method provokes smiles and, maybe, a little bit of peace.
Update: On September 21, Yahoo! Picks talked to JR, the undercover photographer behind The Face2Face Project. Check out our brief discussion on Y! Picks Profiles.
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