We set about exploring the lives Memphians lead, and realized we wanted to recount some of their stories more visually than verbally. These street-fashion photos represent the Memphis we walk through day in, day out: bright with personality, authentic, unvarnished. No staging, no styling: just true Memphis originality.

Jenifer Alvarez
photographed by Ziggy Mack

Tina Hardison
photographed by Ziggy Mack