Imran Nuri is an artist based in Chicago whose work focuses on the idea that people have much more in common than the things that make us different.

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After living in his car for three months in 2022 to travel to all of the lower 48 US states to ask 1,000 strangers for life advice, Imran Nuri had an epiphany. He heard the same themes and pieces of advice from strangers across all ages, genders, skin colors, religions, and regions. How could 1,000 strangers, connected to one another only by the fact that he approached them, have believed in the same ideas despite their widely varying backgrounds? The only way that could be true is if the similarities in people's needs and desires outweigh their differences.

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Driven by the theme of unity and commonality in an increasingly divisive world, Imran Nuri's ongoing series, "More in Common," stands to create reflections of humanity. While two Doritos, two slices of cheese, two pieces of cereal, etc. may have many differences side-by-side, at scale, they're just Doritos, cheese, and cereal.

 

Nuri believes the same is true of humans, too.