Populous

Over five years spent continuously on the road, Forrest Walker photographed 107 major cities across 77 countries, inside out, solo on foot, looking for the common themes and connections of life found everywhere, along with the unique character that makes us all different. With a focus on photographing each city fully unposed, he also fully immersed himself to bring intimacy to the candidness, walking over 30,000 kilometers in the process. The largest and widest scale candid photo project ever completed. From this work, came Populous, a candid project connecting these major cities around the world by the amount of energy, unique interest and life each city contains, up close and personal. Large cities are known for their imposing infrastructure and modernized monotony, but Forrest focused down on the ground with the people to bring out the genuine, distinctive life from each city. Getting inside with unposed images of natural life, he covered every region and culture as no photographer has before. Populous brings this all together, showing how we all live in the city, each different, but connected at the same time. Synergy of the city: People and life coming together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. What is a city, but the people; true the people are the city. - William Shakespeare (Coriolanus. Act III. Scene I.)