— The goal of this shoot was to find a way to represent myself and my community. As a lifelong basketball fan I have always had friends that played pickup basketball. I felt that was representative of my community because even though the friends would change, pickup was the constant —

— I chose the song for the digital essay because I felt it pushed the nostalgic feel of these pictures. Nostalgia was a big feeling I was pressing for because I felt the ever changing nature of our communities is full of nostalgia when you look back at how it has changed —

— Seth Minor

— Vincent Orizotti

— Nati Giusti

— Ben Brock

— Nikon D5600