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A rusted basketball hoop is attached to a weathered, light blue wooden backboard. Power lines stretch across a bright blue sky in the background.

Photography: Adrian Skenderovic's series of neglected basketball hoops

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Date
7 August 2013

Right now we don’t know diddly squat about who Adrian Skenderovic is or where he’s from. We don’t know what motivates him or what kinds of hopes and dreams he’s secretly harbouring for his future. What we do know is he’s a crafty young street photographer with some very tasty work to his name. He’s mastered the skills required to capture spontaneous imagery and seems equally at home snapping in urban environments as he does in the depths of the jungle. We like his street photography loads, but we REALLY like his shots of lonely basketball hoops collected on his travels across the globe. There’s a solitary charm to these haggard old hoops, each imbued with its own strange personality from years of constant use and woeful lack of repair.

A weathered basketball hoop with a plain wooden backboard stands on a dusty roadside. It is supported by rough wooden posts and set against a backdrop of dense tropical greenery and palm trees.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

An outdoor basketball court with a blue hoop stand and a weathered backboard. Palm trees and houses with thatched roofs surround the court under a bright blue sky.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

A weathered basketball hoop stands on a concrete court, its blue base peeling. Lush green trees and a small white building form the background under a bright sky.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

An outdoor basketball court with a weathered concrete surface. A basketball hoop on a leaning wooden pole stands before a backdrop of dense tropical greenery and a small house.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

A basketball hoop stands on a concrete court surrounded by dense tropical foliage and palm trees. A small, open-sided wooden hut with a peaked roof sits beside the court.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

A weathered basketball hoop with a worn wooden backboard stands on a dirt court. It is surrounded by lush green foliage and banana trees under a clear blue sky.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

A weathered, red basketball backboard with peeling paint and scratched markings. A rusted metal hoop hangs from the centre against a bright blue sky with light clouds.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

A weathered, light blue wooden basketball backboard with a rusted metal hoop. Power lines cut across a bright blue sky in the background.
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Adrian Skenderovic: Lost Hoops

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About the Author

James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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