Sweet Sixteen

Brief

Josef Adamu made Sweet Sixteen for Sunday School’s Jump Ball 4. He came up with the story and styled it. I photographed Moustapha Fall.

Client

Sunday School

Team

Creative direction and styling: Josef Adamu · Photography: Kwame Blue · Featuring: Moustapha Fall

Josef put Sweet Sixteen together for Sunday School’s Jump Ball 4, and I came in to photograph it. It’s about that age when basketball can feel like your whole world. You know the players on your wall, the clothes you put together, and the thought that maybe you could make it too.

What I like about Josef’s idea is that he looked at everything around the game. Black kids have always made something of their own out of basketball, from style to the way they imagine their futures.

I photographed Moustapha Fall for the series. I wanted the portraits to have some of that energy and imagination. The whole thing came together because everybody brought their own part to it.