Momentous Momentum

Now that we’ve began to communicate with each other on campus I think now it’s time to get moving. But wait, we already have. Everywhere you turn on the HPU campus movement is surrounding you, engulfing you or influencing you in some way. HPU is a community promoting growth, development and perpetual learning. Being an institution that leads by example motion is an ever present concept on this bustling and busy campus. Whether it’s the soft rolling of the rocking chairs, the shuffle of sandals, sneakers and loafers or the buzz of that charming security guard and his segway there is a sense of movement encircling us. It is this motion that is unique to High Point, it is this motion that propels each us of forward with an unavoidable momentum.

This story is definitely one attempting to make the ordinary extraordinary. Motion can be considered an everyday concept or an action. Here I am transforming many ordinary actions into a symbolic concept that is extraordinary and distinctive to the HPU campus. Movement communicates a subconscious message on this campus to all who inhabit it

I plan to shoot this in a variety of places around campus. My story is going to be told both by live subjects and by inanimate ones that connect appropriately. A few places for example could be through the tires of a car, the wheels of a skateboard or even the continuous falling of the water in the UC lobby. Shooting these events and things at a variety of times will also help show the versatility and continuous nature of my concept. This will help improve upon my point that even when you may not be moving on the quietest of nights, something is.

It is this something that never sleeps that creates a certain moment or inspiration for a student otherwise stuck standing still. Because of this effective impact my current working headline for my photo story is “Momentous Momentum”. I would like to express the great significance of my topic by shooting my lead photo at the Slane Recreation Center. I think an impactful shot would be one looking through a crowd of feet running on the line of treadmills in the gym. This eruption of motion in such a recurring but explosive pattern would create a powerful sense of unity in an ever moving community.