A tribute to New York’s DIY basketball scene

Streetball has long been New York City’s premier DIY sport. “You don’t need a lot of equipment or a lot of people to play,” says Brooklyn photographer Larry Racioppo. He first fell in love with the game as an 11-year-old, growing up in Sunset Park in the

via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/a-tribute-to-new-yorks-diy-basketball-scene/

Photographer Larry Racioppo spent the ’90s capturing the city’s makeshift streetball courts: ’the closer I looked, the more interesting they became. Many are really a form of folk art.’