Exhibitions: Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition

Sonja Shield. 9/11 Memorial, Sheepshead Bay Handball Court, 2006. All rights reserved

Artist Statement

In Sheepshead Bay, on Bedford & Avenue X, a playground handball court memorializes local firefighters and police officers who died on September 11th. In the midst of a handball game, this local youth appears to salute the memorial. The names of the cops and firefighters - Italian, Irish, Latino - tell a story of this changing outer Brooklyn neighborhood. I am a Brooklyn-based photographer. I am primarily interested in exploring neighborhoods and capturing their varied, essential character through small moments. This photo was taken with a digital camera.

8 Comments

Breathless.

Evokes multiple definitions of the exhibition theme without being too cliche. Nice.

You didn't need the figure...

heartbreaking to see the paint fade on this the people's memorial to our fallen brothers and sisters

Amazing!

I wish we could see that he is playing handball.

another 9/11 image that I hope is included

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