Grace and Burn

It was the forceful and balletic movements of the handball players, the emotional chatter and shit talking, the whirls of jump ropes in the gym, the rhythm of fists on the speed bag, smell of sweat and hard work that emanated from the chipped-paint walls and floors of the gym. The grace of the athletes that made these places what they were, that is what I set out to capture.

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