New York Winter Courts

New York, a clear winter afternoon. The light here falls flat and bright across pavement, turning chain-link fences into grids of shadow and leafless trees into stark silhouettes against the sky. Ludwig Favre photographs basketball courts,weathered surfaces marked with faded red lines, surrounded by mid-rise buildings whose facades range from beige to brick, their windows barred or clear depending on the hour. The air is sharp; the only movement is the occasional figure cutting across a court’s perimeter, or a scoreboard ticking down time in digital numerals.

A chain-link fence stretches across the frame, its mesh pattern repeating like a second set of lines on the court below.

The New York winter photography series by Ludwig Favre is available as a limited edition fine art print, signed and numbered.