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Photo exhibition captures Chicago's youth boxing scene

Photo exhibition captures Chicago's youth boxing scene

A photo from the exhibition ‘Youth Boxing’.

Photo by Jason Reblando

There’s a new photo exhibition at Harold Washington College in Chicago’s Loop. It features young boxers from some clubs run through the Chicago Park District. What you won’t see are typical boxing shots - all hard punches and flying sweat. Photographer Jason Reblando takes a more contemplative approach. The subjects of "Youth Boxing" are caught between rounds, and outside the ring. Reblando sees powerful metaphors of childhood and community in those images. The photographer said that the project was also his entry into life as a Chicagoan.
 

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