Last Tuesday was National Night Out, so five apartment complexes on the Franklin Road corridor in Marietta held their own “block parties” before joining together for a big party at the end of the night.
The story, which ran today (with an astonishing FOUR photos in print!), was about how that area of town is reviving after slumping into shabbiness and crime. The photo below isn’t very story-telling, but I transmitted it anyway because I loved the way this little girl was completely tuned to the music at the event. Much to my surprise, it was one of the four photos that ran in print.
© 2010 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Click on the image above to read the relevant article on ajc.com.) With a balloon on her wrist and sidewalk chalk in her hands, Jayla Gibbs, 2 of Marietta, dances to the deejays' music at the Casa Mia Trace apartment complex's tennis courts during the culminating National Night Out event on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010.
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YAY lotsa Chris Dunn photos in print!!!
[…] I last shot a block party (in Atlanta), my favorite photo was of a small girl dancing on the tennis courts. My favorite photo from this block party? This kid doing back flips — without running or any […]