“Deportivo Leon 15/16”

This photo was taken in 2015, and it is a team picture of a Sunday League team owned by my father since 2008. My father, brother, and myself are located on the left, with my father standing out as he is wearing a different shirt than the rest, my brother is directly to his left and I am right under them. Although there are many team pictures I could have chosen throughout the years, I preferred this one in particular because it is one of the only team pictures where I am wearing the same kit as the other players. To many the dominant impression is the team, however, I have a personal punctum with the field the team is on as I grew up playing in Flushing Meadows Park.

“New Generation 24/25”

This next photograph is one taken more recently in early August, it is of the same team only with many different people, and my father and I are once again located to the left of the whole team. This picture is also taken in the same park and field I grew up playing on and I chose it to represent a story of changes and growth, from being a kid watching from the sidelines to being a starter in my father’s team. The change in age can be shown through my height as I am now taller than my father compared to the other photograph, and a detail that allows me to stand out is my dyed hair.

“Pier 5 Brooklyn”

This last photograph was taken this week at a different park called Pier 5 here in Brooklyn. Even though it seems like an average picture of a field, I have a personal punctum with this section of the field as it was grounds for a new connection I made with people at my workplace. Something to note is the studium as it is nighttime while my other pictures are during the day, this is because it is one of the only fields in New York that has lights. It also is a good example of a decisive moment, if I had taken this picture at any other time it would have been overflowing with people, making it more about the people than the field and view itself.