New York Yankees Foundation
Last week the New York Yankees Foundation held a reception at the Ernst & Young headquarters at Five Times Square. The purpose of the event was to promote a foundation dinner ($50k per table) benefiting various charity projects funded by the Yankees. The Commissioner’s Trophy was brought along so that people could have their photos taken with it as well.
It mostly a grip and grin assignment and pretty run of the mill. However, at one point I wandered over to the trophy and happened to catch a great moment. Bud Selig’s signature is engraved in the bottom of the trophy and the former NYPD cop who guards the trophy tilted it up to show the bottom. The group of guys were clearly big Yankees fans and were very excited to see something that most people don’t. It was one of those occasions where I was in the right place at the right time and made a great image. I don’t aspire to be a reportage photographer, but I certainly do appreciate these little snapshots (literally) of the human experience.