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<\/a>At the opening showcase, Scruggs provided details about each of his works and shared insight into his photographic process. He noted that a lot of his ideas are based around his journaling and pre-planned visits to various spots around the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although Scruggs often goes in with a plan, he noted that he sometimes ends up \u201cwith over 2000 pictures\u201d with only a few being up to his standards. To decide which meets his artistic criteria, Scruggs describes that he \u201cjust has to start playing with the image, then I\u2019ll just know.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The photographer elaborated that much of his published work is spontaneous and comes from the unexpected spots he finds in his travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scruggs described that \u201csome of the places I plan to go, I don\u2019t get a single picture,\u201d while his most cherished photos like \u201cHot Dog Stand, Times Square, New York, NY\u201d <\/em>are born out of being in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For that specific photo, Scruggs said that \u201ceverything was just right. There was a police car in the background and this lonely soul was just there to get a hot dog at four in the morning.\u201d He noted that the simple, unseen things of life often make his best photos.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n When publishing his photos, Scruggs described that he often thinks about color and what a photo means with and without it. Many of his selected photos in the exhibit feature black and white images, which he claims is \u201cvery intentional.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Indeed, Scruggs has found that some images tell a better story or perspective when seen without color. He further said that \u201csometimes there will be two versions of a particular photo,\u201d as some photos deserve to have both of their perspectives shown.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following this art exhibit, Scruggs has plans to have more exhibits up heading into 2025. He hinted that his next show will showcase moments captured from the perspective of both him and his son, with whom he often travels with and shares a close bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibit is available for free to Gardner-Webb students, faculty and staff as well as community members during normal library hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scruggs is available to answer any questions about the exhibit and can be reached at cscruggs4@gardner-webb.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information about the library and its hours, a staff member can be reached at (704) 406-4295.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photographs of Scruggs’ work can be viewed in the gallery below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To see the full-size image, please click the photo you wish to view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By Marianne Luedeman Photos by Marianne Luedeman BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. \u2013 The Dover Library at Gardner-Webb University is currently hosting a photography exhibit celebrating the work of Chris Scruggs, a GWU doctoral student pursuing his […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[812,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events-and-activities","8":"category-feature","9":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwu-today.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>