In early 2020, with all of his client work on pause and the stressors of life mounting, Cincinnati, Ohio-based artist Nicholas Moegly began taking nightly walks and drives around his small midwestern town. “In those quiet moments I felt an amalgamation of calm, nostalgia, and curiosity,” he explains. “As I would go by the empty streets, the forgotten neighborhoods, and the dilapidated buildings, I couldn’t help but think of when these areas thrived years ago. I began to find the most comfort in this world and aim to tell its stories.”

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