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Murugi is a Kenyan-American multidisciplinary visual artist, specializing in film photography and filmmaking, based in Washington, DC. She has honed her creative eye at the intersection of documentary, street, and photojournalism, weaving in threads of history, fashion, and culture. Drawn to environmental portraiture and intriguing scenery, she often approaches strangers and requests to photograph them, seeking their trust and full attention for a single brief moment. This philosophy, rooted in the concept of "Sonder,"—the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as their own—infuses her work with a profound sense of humanity.
