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Kevin Couliau

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Kevin Couliau

Director & Photographer
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Unrestricted basketball and absolute compositions since '04

Kevin Couliau articulates the beauty of basketball through photographs that express the nature, aesthetic and culture of the sport. Inspired by an early love for the game, the Paris-based photographer and filmmaker searches for stories that reveal basketball's impact on individuals and their communities, while demonstrating its universality throughout the world. Couliaus' acute awareness of sociology, urban design and architecture converge into the composition and content of his photographs, and in 2012 culminated into the award-winning documentary Doin’It In The Park , a film featuring New York City’s most prolific basketball courts and its historical pick-up basketball scene. Kevin Couliau publishes an independent magazine Asphalt Chronicles that distills topics and aesthetics of pick-up basketball culture. In addition he works on assignments globally for commercial clients including the NBA and Nike.

07/10/2026

La Pesée 1/3
Fall/Winter 2026
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A few days in the French Alps with la.pesee. Shooting the new collection, finding where it all began. Shepherds, milk collectors, cheesemakers, riders, mountain guides. A whole community, stitched into every piece.

Thanks to my hometown brother Florian Boulay for embarking me in his mountain adventure, .slvtre for the remote production support, .gabor & Julia Oberlinkels for enlightening the visuals, Fabien, Yves and the people from La Plagne for welcoming us in their valleys.
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Shot on Canon EOS R5 Mark II

06/10/2026

La Pesée 1/3
Fall/Winter 2026
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Up where the air thins, we followed la.pesee back to its source. Shepherds at first light. Milk carried down at dawn. Cheese turning slowly in the cellars. Riders tracing lines in fresh snow, guides reading the weather. A mountain’s way of living, now held in thread and cloth.

Thanks to my hometown brother Florian Boulay for embarking me in his mountain adventure, .slvtre for the remote production support, .gabor & Julia Oberlinkels for enlightening the visuals, Fabien, Yves and the people from La Plagne for welcoming us in their valleys.
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Shot on Canon

25/09/2026

Textures of Greece.

Marble quarries. Fishing nets. Saganaki cheese, sunburst gold. A giant fire sinking below the horizon. Greece is a journey across sounds, patterns, elements.

I could post hundreds of photos from this trip. None of them would carry the actual feeling of being there.

21/09/2026

Hoops of Tinos 🇬🇷

Salt-eaten rims. Worn rubber. Loose screws, unhooked hoops. Tinos wears everything down, but not the game. Greek basketball is still here, in every village, on every wall. Some traditions run too deep for the wind and the tides to wash out.

20/09/2026

Sights of Tinos. 🇬🇷

A week in blue and white. Villages bathed in light, narrow alleys, cats half asleep. Churches facing the Aegean. Crosswinds greeting every visitor.

Going through these frames, I want to go back. To sit with the horizon and the Cycladic lines a little longer, café freddo in hand.

04/08/2026

Sights of NYC.
September 2025.
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Shot on Portra 160, Ektachrome 100 with a Leica M6.
Processed by Carmencita Film Lab

06/07/2026

Summer is here, Girlz out ballin’
Paid a visit to women-led collective as they pursue their pick-up basketball summer tour across Parisian playgrounds. The sun was out, the casting was super diverse, women of all backgrounds, ages, and even men playing together or against each other. The sight was incredible, and the vibe reminded me of our doinitinthepark runs in NYC. The founders & .gueugnon got together with a purpose in mind: to change the perception of women’s basketball by expanding its visibility and presence across every borough. It’s also about empowering women to play in and occupy public spaces, break down established patterns, and encourage coed basketball. I had fun capturing them despite using expired film rolls… ain’t my best photos, but the story is bigger than a sharp image, it’s about changing culture, so you know what to do. Support .
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Shot on Leica M6, expired & x-rayed Portra 400
Processed by Carmencita Film Lab

01/07/2026

Sights of Berlin.
Selected views from a quick adventure in Germany to attend the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, connect with my friends and tour the city’s playgrounds. Everything captured with timeless german tech, a Leica Camera M6 & ZEISS Camera Lenses and printed on british film made by ILFORD PHOTO .

22/06/2026

Heart of the City: An Ode to NYC Basketball
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Summer 2023 was special as I got to showcase a curated selection of my NYC basketball archives in the very headquarters of Parks & Recreation : The Arsenal. A surreal opportunity as I spent so many years capturing these playgrounds, the iconic leaf, the people using these spaces...the energy and authenticity of it all I gathered on the walls of their art gallery in Central Park. The archives exhibited were shot on film for the most part between 2004 and 2020, across multiple journeys, neighborhoods, communities, and sometimes empty spaces. NYC’s always been the foundation of my work, it shaped my perspective on playground basketball culture, its aesthetics, history and meaning and trully I was honored to share these works in such a prestigious location.

In addition, I invited RimandtheRock to manufacture a limited edition replica hoop inspired by my photo of Goat Park shot in 2007 - a playground which significance don’t need no explanation.

The 3 months-long felt even more special thanks to meaningful partnerships with NYC Parks, the National Basketball Players Association and Common Practice.

Curated by NYC Parks & Common Practice
With The Generous Support of NBPA & Project Backboard
Produced by Natashia
Assisted by Busy Gillespie Sam Peterson
Prints & Framing Picto NY
Afro-bites by
Special thanks JD Dan Gladstone Chris Jean 🇭🇹 Matteo Zuretti David Foster Noah Williams .lumax Only NY Nash® Micah NYC Scott Geoffrey Schroeder Solo Recess

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