Golden Gloves
April 15, 2009
Lurking amid the axe murders and latest Lindsay Lohan flatulence this morning, I spotted this in my CityNews RSS feed.
It’s an audio slideshow, featuring young boxers and coaches at the Golden Gloves invitational in Brampton earlier this month.
Many of the best images capture scenes and subjects outside of the ring: an adolescent boxer, sparring with his coach in a lonely hotel hallway, a female boxer’s sideways glance, lost in a thousand-mile stare.
Starkly beautiful black and whites, complemented by audio interviews and ambient noise that convey a bigger story of these young athletes’ lives beyond the spotlight.
Good job City, a refreshing perspective the eye in the sky won’t see.
Go here for more of this kind of storytelling.
