Submission by Robby Ogilvie: "While living and teaching in Hong Kong, I began photographing basketball courts. They appeared everywhere across the city: beside schools, between housing towers, on rooftops and in open courtyards. What first drew me to them was not the game itself but the geometry of colour and the rhythm of repetition. Circles, lines and rectangles laid across painted surfaces that felt both functional and quietly meditative. In Hong Kong these courts are woven deeply into the architecture of the city. Many sit within the vast public housing estates that define its skyline, places where everyday life gathers and circulates. They operate as small social stages embedded within dense urban neighbourhoods, spaces where recreation, observation and community life intersect..." Read / view the rest of the feature on our website (and submit your work): https://noicemagazine.com/photographer/robby-ogilvie #noicemag #photography
