From November 14 to 15, 2014, twelve students in Dr. Edward Trayes’ Photojournalism course stood at the top of the steps that Rocky Balboa made iconic and asked people about their personal underdog stories. They camped out at the Philadelphia Art Museum entrance for 24 hours and asked to those that they encountered: “Describe a time in your life that you overcame adversity.” They filmed and recorded the answers, then compiled them online in an interactive timeline. The video clips on this page are only a fraction of what they gathered.
From their website: “We took 24 hours to dive into the perseverance of the human spirit. It became evident that we all have walls to climb in the journey of life–the most important thing is taking the first step.” Temple students Aaron Windhorst, Robert Kennedy, Joe Schaefer, Yuxuan Jia, Matthew Leister, Brianna Spause, Ian Watson, Kathryn Stellato, Harrison Brink, Maggie Andresen, Ed Newton, Matt McGraw all contributed to the project.
See their website for more information, and view the interactive timeline to hear the stories of all 63 individuals that were interviewed.
The project’s date coincided with the inaugural Rocky Run. Beginning on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and ending at the base of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps, seven thousand people participated in the 5 and 10k race. Many of those participants added their stories to this project.
Hear Philadelphia’s underdog stories
From November 14 to 15, 2014, twelve students in Dr. Edward Trayes’ Photojournalism course stood at the top of the steps that Rocky Balboa made iconic and asked people about their personal underdog stories. They camped out at the Philadelphia Art Museum entrance for 24 hours and asked to those that they encountered: “Describe a time in your life that you overcame adversity.” They filmed and recorded the answers, then compiled them online in an interactive timeline. The video clips on this page are only a fraction of what they gathered.
From their website: “We took 24 hours to dive into the perseverance of the human spirit. It became evident that we all have walls to climb in the journey of life–the most important thing is taking the first step.” Temple students Aaron Windhorst, Robert Kennedy, Joe Schaefer, Yuxuan Jia, Matthew Leister, Brianna Spause, Ian Watson, Kathryn Stellato, Harrison Brink, Maggie Andresen, Ed Newton, Matt McGraw all contributed to the project.
See their website for more information, and view the interactive timeline to hear the stories of all 63 individuals that were interviewed.
The project’s date coincided with the inaugural Rocky Run. Beginning on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and ending at the base of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps, seven thousand people participated in the 5 and 10k race. Many of those participants added their stories to this project.