Noise, energy, movement: these are some of the things that one would expect from an American parade. I came upon a town that was holding such a parade, the first since COVID hit. However, as three pageant women waited on a vintage car to enter the parade line, everything was unusually still, almost frozen in time. My intent was to capture the emotion between expectation and calm to provide a hypnotic sense of tension. These women are framed with two vehicles, the truck symbolizing their journey ahead and the camper representing shared adventure, friendship, and our social nature.