Help Portrait – Cosmin (dec.2009)

I dedicated 12/12/2009 to the Help Portrait movement.

-basically you take your camera and use it to put a smile on someones face. Take their picture, print it and deliver it. No strings attached.

Out of everybody Cosmin moved me the most.

He`s a single child.
He thinks he can play basketball.
He said he played in his high-school`s team as a pivot.
He said he had an accident and can`t play anymore.
When the cellphone dropped from his jacket, he almost freaked out. I asked him why and he replayed “This phone was my mom`s and she game it to me as a present for my 18th birthday. I must not break it”
He doesn`t really understand the concept of guarding an opponent or dribbling. He just likes to shoot hoops.
His friends call him “Smecheru`” (I`m having a hard time translating this in English) or “Sageata” (as in Arrow).

These ar just quick facts. I played some basketball with him (mostly as his ball retriever). Stayed there on the court for about 1h. after 25min a kid came by with his grand`ma to play football at the other end of the playground. Boy, that kid missed the goal from 3ft away, but when he hit the ball in our direction, he struck Cosmin in the back of the head from more than 20ft. That very moment I wanted to be Kyle and score a home-run with that kid.