Federico Mauro's Famous Footwear Series

Italian artist Federico Mauro’s latest series takes a look at iconic footwear, and its symbolic

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Italian artist Federico Mauro’s latest series takes a look at iconic footwear, and its symbolic representation of the people who wore them. With everything from Steve Jobs’ New Balance 991‘s to the Nike Air Mags sported by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II on show, the minimalist series shows how closely one’s identity can be linked to a single shoe.

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