Advice from America

Download or read book Advice from America written by Imran Nuri and published by . This book was released on 2023-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photo book with 1,000 photos of strangers and their advice about making the most of life created by artist and storyteller Imran Nuri. Starting in May of 2022, Imran lived in his Toyota Camry for 12 weeks while driving to all of the lower 48 US states in pursuit of photographing 1,000 strangers on a 50-year-old camera after asking them for a piece of life advice. The journey challenged every aspect of who he was. Talking to strangers was way beyond his comfort zone, he had never lived in a car before, he quit his job, and he used a combination of his entire savings, Patreon, and a personal loan to fund the cost of it all. Sleeping in rest areas, casino parking lots, Walmarts, and occasionally on friends' couches around the country, Imran planned his next destination each morning. His days were spontaneous, which was perfect for the serendipity he was looking for in meeting strangers. The end result is a series of 1,000 black-and-white portraits of people across America, each of whom shared a personal learning in their lives. Readers experience an inevitable pattern of universal keys to living a life well lived. In a time when divisiveness is more prevalent than ever, this series also seeks to show that despite our races, genders, locations, and more, we have more in common with the strangers around us than we think. The photos were made on a medium format film camera, the subjects were told to pose however they felt most comfortable, and just one photo was taken of each stranger.