Power of Individuality
December 1, 2008
After realising that I really do not have enough time to do one of the power projects that I would prefer to do I have decided to go with a new idea. Given this is a new idea to me but I guarantee someone else in the class also does it as it is so obvious a thing to do. It is the power of individuality. I am going to do a set of pictures with a friend of mine named Sam. Sam is twenty one years old and goes to university in Birmingham. He studies mechanical engineering and I met him through a friend of mine. Sam is straight edge. For those that don’t know this is a term coined by a hardcore band called Minor Threat in the eighties. It means no alcohol, no drugs and no smoking. Some also say no promiscuous sex and choose to be vegan. I don’t know about the former but Sam is Vegan. He says that it’s not something to do just to be different but that is a bi-product. I wanted to look at Sam because I don’t really know many vegans my age. I know no-one who is straight edge who is my age and I think it’s really cool that Sam has the self discipline to do this and stick to his guns especially while being at university where drugs and alcohol are rife and easy to get hold of. Not being easily influenced by his peers I think makes Sam a very powerful person. This is simply due to the fact he has more power over his own life than most people do who just live their lives following the pack.
