Smithsonian National Building Museum: Hoops!

Hoops was the first exhibition that I visited at the Smithsonian National Building Museum.  It is a collection of photographs taken by the artist, Bill Bamberger.  He traveled the country in search of Basketball hoops/courts (though not all of the hoops he found and recorded were on formal courts!).  The project was an excuse to depict community.  Community through the ubiquitous lens of a basketball hoop.  The range of settings is amazing.  The artistry evident in the compositional choices Bamberger made in recording his finds is truly delightful.  I don't give a shit about basketball, but these images connected to me on so many levels.