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Street Memories by Nacho Ormaechea

We have all become slightly more aware of our surroundings in the past decade.

Technology has allowed us the opportunity to capture and share our environment, friends and thoughts with the quick snapshot of a camera. In the cacophony we call urbanization, we share our space with millions and billions of people who are both different and the same as us.

As we pause and look around, we wonder if someone else might be going through the same journey we are going through; if someone feels the same joy or pain. We imagine a world beyond language when we snap a picture of someone that we do not know.

We seem to think that with a snapshot, we can gather some data that allows us to understand not only the subject better but ourselves as well.

Nacho Ormaechea, a Spanish Graphic Designer and artist based in Paris, explores the narrative of his subjects and himself through a digita