Ónia, 2021

My cousins, Kosta and Veno, always dreamt of playing in the NBA. Growing up, my neighbor, cousins, and I would spend our summers playing basketball in the parking lot by my grandmother’s summer house. One year when the backboard broke, we replaced it with one we made out of wood, just like the one in this photo. This basketball hoop is a material vacuum of time, preserving our childhood and our dreams.