Photos

I'm not exactly a photographer, but this picture was the first one I thought of when given the assignment. There's a park in my hometown that I have gone to since I was 3 years old; playing on playgrounds, practicing soccer and softball, even working in the concession stands. This past summer me and my two friends went to the park, and I took a picture of them sitting under my favorite tree. My first soccer coach planted this tree when I was young, and years later we still go back here and sit under it. Although I'm not in it, this picture means a lot to me. It reminds me of my entire childhood, leading up to the point where I met my two best friends from high school. For me, it marks both my teenage and childhood years.

--Alexis Swoyer