Crop Top Dunk

Shot from low on the court, a young man launches upward with the ball held high in one hand, reaching for an orange hoop at the top left. He wears a cropped white singlet, baggy cream track pants, white sneakers and a beaded necklace. Pale apartment blocks with balconies line both sides of the street, parked cars sit at the far end, and a lamp hangs on a wire across a teal sky.

Teal sky, sandy apartment walls and creamy whites, all slightly sun-bleached like old film. The hoop sits near the top and the player rises from the bottom toward it, so the eye follows the jump upward. Larger prints show the net's frayed cord and the balcony plants. It suits a teenager's room, a home gym or a rumpus room.