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“Cities People” invites the observer to lose themselves in a vibrant mosaic of individuals, each embodying a palette of human colors, like fragments of a social and cosmopolitan fresco. Faces with diverse skin tones, sometimes adorned with paint, reveal the richness and diversity of the human experience within urbanity.
The protagonists in this scene appear to be frozen in an almost military posture, standing upright like sentinels in a city in constant turmoil. The physical proximity between them, this apparent solidarity, evokes a forced intimacy, a cohesion imposed by the constraints of urban life. Are they thus prisoners of the invisible bonds woven by modern society, or the invisible bars of their daily routines?
The garments that encase them, tight and often striped, strangely recall the uniformity of prisoners. A poignant metaphor emerges: do the stripes symbolize the oppressive routine, the limits of the human condition in the urban context? The colors, on the other hand, are like dissonant notes in an urban symphony, expressing diversity but also the tensions arising from this forced cohabitation.
“Cities People” thus becomes an artistic testimony to insidious captivity, where the city itself can be perceived as an invisible prison. Through this photograph, the question of individual freedom, the search for identity within an anonymous mass, is posed. These figures, all similar yet unique, encourage us to reflect on the nature of our existence in the intricacies of contemporary metropolises.