Butre Ballers, 2024

Junior Sealy, Barbados

Limited Edition Photographic Print (5) Hahnemühle Silk Baryta 310gsm

23.62 × 15.75in | 60 X 40cm

Captured in the coastal village of Butre by Junior Sealy, this portrait was made moments after an impromptu game of football on one of the world's most remarkable pitches, a stretch of golden beach framed by the Atlantic Ocean. Covered in sand and still carrying the energy of play, the children gather before the camera, their expressions revealing confidence, curiosity, joy, and camaraderie.

More than a photograph after a game, the image is a celebration of community, childhood, and the universal language of football. Against the vast backdrop of sea and sky, the worn ball reminds us that the spirit of the game is not defined by stadiums or status, but by the people who play it. The work captures a fleeting moment of connection, where friendship, freedom, and the beauty of everyday life converge on the shores of Ghana.

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Artist Bio:

Junior Sealy is a Barbados-based multidisciplinary artist and photographer working between Ghana and Barbados. His practice explores Afro-Caribbean and diasporic influences, depicting communities as modern-day liminal beings navigating identity, gender, masculinity, environment and memory. His work offers an authentic nuanced vision of the intricacies of being in these continued transitional states—socially, psychologically, and culturally. Junior supports the local communities he lives and works in, with 15% of profits going back to the communities he photographs in.