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Columbus native publishes book after interviewing 1,000 strangers across the country

At 24 years old Dublin native Imran Nuri was in the midst of a self-proclaimed quarter life crisis. The non-profit he started had just closed, and he was working a job that wasn’t fulfilling for him. Instead of staying the course he plotted a new...

January 6, 2024

Advice from 1,000 strangers: A Chicago man’s journey to find wisdom takes him across the country

Chicagoan Imran Nuri drove across the country last year asking 1,000 people for life advice, compiling what he learned and portraits of the people he met in a book titled "Advice From America."

Photographer travels across America asking 1000 strangers for advice on life. Here are the best 15 of them

He decided to quit his job and stayed on the road for 12 weeks traveling through 48 states to interview 1,000 strangers. Life can feel overwhelming and arbitrary for a variety of reasons. As we move through life, we...

Imran Nuri is sharing life lessons from the road

The 2020 Ohio State graduate met and interviewed 1,000 strangers during a three-month cross-country adventure. Here are his 10 biggest takeaways from the journey.

This photographer asked 1,000 strangers across the U.S. for life advice — here’s what they had to say

We interviewed artist and storyteller Imran Nuri, who hopes that his series will help people across the US feel more connected. Nuri plans to publish his series in a book, which will be available for purchase later this year.

Photographer Gets Life Advice From 1,000 Strangers in 48 States

Photographer Imran Nuri has driven 15,298 miles in 12 weeks to speak to over 1,000 strangers and seek life advice in the lower 48 United States. The first time Nuri, an artist and storyteller, thought about this idea was in 2019 when he was a...

Photographer gets life advice from 1000 strangers

Imran Nuri collected life advice from 1000 strangers he photographed across America. One man dying of cancer told him, "while he couldn't take anything with him, he could make memories. So he chose to make as many memories as he possibly could...

Vous vous sentez perdus ? Ces inconnus ont des conseils de vie à vous donner

En 2022, Imran Nuri met en œuvre une idée qui germe dans sa tête depuis 2019. Surtout n'oublie pas son appareil photo argentique moyen format, semblable à celui que possède Vivian Maier.

February 21, 2023

Artist Travels Across the U.S. To Capture Portraits and Ask for Life Advice

Many people avoid talking to strangers, but not artist and storyteller Imran Nuri. He designed an entire project that centers around talking to people he doesn’t know. Over the course of an epic road trip that had him traversing all of the 48 cont...

December 20, 2022

An Artist Traveled Across the U.S. to Ask 1,000 Strangers for Advice on Life

Back in April, photographer Imran Nuri quit his day job in healthcare marketing, packed his life and his belongings into his Toyota Camry, and set out on an epic road trip. His goal was to photograph 1,000 strangers, in film, across all 48 contigu...

October 14, 2022

Podcast #342 PHOTOWALK: 1000 Strangers Gave Me This Advice

Imran Nuri sits down with the PHOTOWALK podcast, a show which has hosted guests such as Pete Souza (President Obama's photographer), Joel Meyerowitz, Keith Bernstein (Nelson Mandela's personal photographer), Jo-Anne McArthur, and many more. We dis...

September 13, 2022

Two or Three Cameras in Two or Three Wagons (w/ Imran Nuri)

On this episode, we talk to Imran Nuri (@nuristudios on IG), who spent a few months traveling through 48 states asking strangers for life advice before taking their portraits. We’ll also tell you about...

November 21, 2021

Using Photography to Help Highlight Men's Mental Health

With November being men’s mental health awareness month, Imran Nuri bravely shares his own mental health trauma. He not only helps make mental health ok by sharing his own troubles, but highlights that as photographer, we are the...

What Happens if Film Goes Through Airport CT Scanners?

The TSA has rolled out the use of computed tomography (CT) scanners as the latest “threat detection” scanner for airport security. As these are different from X-ray machines, what happens to film if it goes through one?

Local project becomes lifeline during pandemic

It may just look like an ordinary peanut butter jar, but for one Central Ohioan this jar represents so much more. For his organization, it's a symbol of support for those who need it most.

52 Million Project helping central Ohio non-profits

With many of them struggling for funding during the pandemic, many non-profits are in need of help now more than ever. And because of that growing need, one local philanthropist has taken it upon himself to lead a simplified mission of giving back...

Recent OSU grad seeks to raise $52 million for nonprofits one dollar at a time

Imran Nuri's newly launched nonprofit effort, The 52 Million Project has a simple concept, Nuri said. Donors pledge to donate $1 a week for a year, and every week a portion is donated to a different nonprofit in the region.

Imran Nuri: The student, co-founder and CEO proving anyone can be a philanthropist

Imran Nuri’s introduction to philanthropy started with an empty Jif peanut butter jar. As a child, his parents encouraged him to put one dollar into the jar each week for charity. Even though his family struggled paying the bills, the importance his

January 31, 2020

Imran's passion for giving pays off

The way Imran Nuri sees it, what really makes a university stand out is the experiences offered outside the classroom. And of the 1,300-plus student organizations at Ohio State, the one Nuri had his heart set on as far back as high school was Buckeye

January 20, 2020

Former BuckeyeThon President Creates Movement to Make Giving Accessible

Growing up, Imran Nuri's parents struggled to pay the bills. He go used to hearing, "We can't afford that." Nuri, a fourth-year in marketing, is the CEO and founder of The 52 Million Project, a nonprofit with the goal of raising $52 million a year...

February 9, 2019

Ohio State students participate in BuckeyeThon, raise $1.7M for pediatric cancer

More than 5,000 Ohio State students put on their dancing shoes for the annual BuckeyeThon. "There's so much more work left to do because not everybody wins their battle," said BuckeyeThon President Imran Nuri. "And we're going to keep fighting for...