Rescuers work at the accident scene on a bridge on July 24, 2011 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. The train from Hangzhou to the city of Wenzhou derailed on a bridge that is 10 m above the field in Shuangyu Town of Wenzhou city at 8:34 p.m on Saturday. The first four coaches and the 15th and 16th coaches of the train went off the line killed 32 and injured 191 people. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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Memory Suitcases is a thought-provoking series by Israeli artist Yuval Yairi that uses old, worn suitcases as canvases for nostalgic landscapes. Like scenes out of one's memory, the propped up traveling cases feature a range of sepia-toned settings. The series presents the objects as though they are relics of a civilization from yesteryear, each with their own story to tell.
There's something both heartbreaking and sentimental about the images. It appears to tell a number of stories of leaving one lifestyle for another. The suitcases hold within them a picture show of memories from a life-altering journey. Like a number of his other works, Memory Suitcases "mimics the natural process of memory."

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