Phalonne Pierre Louis documented tennis at the tennis and golf club located in Port-au-Prince’s gated and privately guarded suburb of Pétion-Vile, while Jean Paul Saint Fleur shot at four sites in Jacmel, including at the IOA Center, an elementary school founded by Naomi’s parents in 2001. Presented here are some outtakes from the feature in Racquet No. 17.
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Something to know about me in 2025 is that I’ve become the neighborhood voyeur. Four freshly renovated tennis courts opposite my apartment beckon me daily; a hooked index finger tempting me with good, honest time. An hour’s all I need to thrash about, try and prove something inconsequential to myself, defog the mirrors of my mind and leave a better woman. Only instead of playing, I watch.
Sease, with a little help from Feliciano Lopez, takes over the Italian Riviera.
