Coastal Kick - Acrobat

Gyclee print on fine art archival paper - matte.

40x27"

Limited edition 5 of 25.

"Coastal Kick" captures the beautiful game of soccer stripped down to its purest form. Shot along the rugged coastline of Sierra Leone, West Africa, this acclaimed series by New York photographer Gil Stunner documents a community uniting through football on makeshift beach pitches as the ocean tide rolls back. Born during Stunner’s humanitarian deployment alongside Doctors Without Borders and the Saving Lives Initiative, the collection contrasts the grueling realities of medical missions with the electric, resilient joy of the human spirit. Melding cinematic realism with raw documentary emotion, Stunner’s signature "wrenches to lenses" perspective expertly freezes dynamic, athletic movement—an acrobatic mid-air strike, a hovering ball, a breathless sprint against the vast, serene backdrop of the Atlantic. Handpicked by Saatchi Art curators for the prestigious World Photography Day Collections, Coastal Kick is a powerful visual study of motion, community, and the universal language of play.