Time and Place: The Dirty Truth
July 29, 2009 at 10:30 am by TL Pixley in Photography
I took this photograph at the Audacity of Hoops event, organized by the Dirty Truth Campaign, which took place July 25 at a public park in Mechanicsville. The purpose of the event was to bring together the community — especially youth — to rally behind the cause of cleaning up the neighborhoods near Turner Field, whose empty lots and abandoned buildings attract crime and drugs. The photograph was taken just before the first basketball game of the tournament that was held at the park. A member of the Dirty Truth Campaign had just given the two teams an overview of the rules and then had them put their hands in before the game. He must have heard me snapping away as fast as my camera would go because after the first one, he had them put their hands in a second time, presumably realizing too that it was a good shot. This was my favorite picture I took at the event because to me it symbolizes unity and the coming together of the kids in the community to get behind a common cause.
(Photo and text by Alan Friedman)
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