When French photographer Edouardo Mortec decided to do a series on the crowded streets of Paris, he knew that a multiple exposure technique was the best way to approach such an unwieldy subject. “Initially there was something disturbing looking at the crowd, it was echoing something dark and fuzzy,” he told My Modern Met. “I realized those masses of people could represent, in a manner, the multiple energy trapped in me and, at the same time, I could see myself in each individual lost in his mind and the flow of the urban life.” The resulting images present an abstract swirl of people inhabiting a city that’s still remarkably easy for the viewer to recognize. Click through to check out some of the highlights.
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec
Image courtesy of Edouardo Mortec