Walked a Mile,
For an art project, I wanted to create an anthology of short stories through careful observation and pair each one with photos. I took photographs of strangers’ shoes, spoke to them, and wrote short stories based on my interpretation of them. These were then put into a blog and displayed on Instagram, which were then combined in a printed and bound book, and aimed to create empathy in those who viewed them.
“Before you judge a man, you must walk a mile in his shoes,”; I wanted to understand others’ perspectives through an empathetic observation of the shoes they wear. Besides covering one’s feet, shoes express the wearers as well as their lives, from the style to condition and age – they are an outward marker of traits and life lived.
Here are some of the stories with their pictures:
