Autumn Sonnichsen, Photographer, New York

Description

An athlete with extensive tattoos lies resting on the polished wooden floor of an indoor basketball court, his arm raised to his forehead. Nearby, a young child stands observing him, while a basketball rests on the floor between them in a shaft of warm sunlight. The scene is captured with natural low-angle lighting, emphasizing deep shadows and bright highlights across the hardwood surface and the subjects.