Kevin Couliau articulates the beauty of basketball through photographs and films that express the sport's nature, aesthetics, and culture. 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 works, and in 2012 culminated in the award-winning documentary Doin’ It In The Park, a film exploring New York City's pick-up basketball history, culture, and global influence.
Through his independent publishing house, Asphalt Chronicles, Kevin distills publications celebrating the aesthetics of grassroots basketball culture. In 2022, he revealed Blacktop Memento, fragments of erosion, a collection of 76 playground close-ups studying the game's imprint on these hallowed territories.
When he's not on assignments, Kevin dedicates time throughout the year to Giants Of Africa, a non-profit using basketball to educate and enrich the lives of African youth.
”Blacktop Memento, fragments of erosion”
published by Asphalt Chronicles & Common Practice - 2022
“When Basketball Inspires” - 2021
published by Trajectoire Studio (featured artist)
“The City Game” - 2020
published by Rizzoli Electa & MCNY (contributor)
“Asphalt Chronicles #03, Paris” - 2017
published by Asphalt Chronicles
“Asphalt Chronicles #02, Dakar” - 2016
published by Asphalt Chronicles
“Asphalt Chronicles #01, Manila” - 2014
published by Asphalt Chronicles
Hennessy
"French photographer explores a global game's social impact"
Vice
"These are the Most Beautiful Courts in the World"
Emirates Woman
"We talk to legendary basketball photographer Kevin Couliau"
BSTN
"Feed Fam : Kevin Couliau”
Complex
" Bobbito Garcia & Kevin Couliau talk Doin' It In The Park"
Athleta
"Behind The Lights”
Fubiz
”Sphere of Influence by Kevin Couliau”
Kigali, Rwanda
Growing up playing basketball in Africa, NBA Champion and Toronto Raptors Vice-Chairman and President Masai Ujiri recognized an abundance of talent and innate love for the sport in his homeland despite the lack of coaching and adequate resources.
Masai drew upon his own experiences and founded Giants of Africa in 2003 to change that reality and empower countless boys and girls through the power of basketball.
The non-profit travels the African continent conducting basketball camps, building courts, and facilitating outreach initiatives to empower youth.
Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria
Kigali, Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Dakar, Senegal
Dakar, Senegal
Mogadishu, Somalia
Mogadishu, Somalia
Gaborone, Botswana
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Samburu, Kenya
Juba, South Sudan
Nairobi, Kenya
Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
Lagos, Nigeria
