Stillness and Movement

These are some images from my current project brief. The brief is loosely called 'Stillness and Movement'. I ended up thinking about the physical movement and change in the surface of static things over time. I was originally thinking about photographing the outer surfaces of architecture or the decay of surfaces (like the paint peeling off our bathroom wall). But I pulled out some old photographs of a churchyard wall that I took a few years ago and decided to spend some time in the churchyard next door to me, looking at the textures I came across. I ended up photographing gravestones (as seen below). I wasn't trying to be morbid, they just happened to be appealing textures, but I do find it quite interesting how each gravestone accumulates its own individual look, collection of moss and pattern of erosion over time. It's also curious how the final thing representing the person buried there continues to change and grow and gain character over time, even though the person is no longer there. I found the whole idea quite uplifting!