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From the deep green forests of Ecuador to the glaciers of Iceland, his photos capture the bold, brilliant blues of the Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan bird, and the palate of pinks painted across the sky at sunset.

He has some form of camera—video, drone, DSLR and cellphone—with him always. That wouldn’t surprise his classmates, who remember him as the force behind The 91�첥 Show, a sketch and variety TV show that featured and entertained the college community during his time on campus.

He worked with other student collaborators, including Stephen Curry, who joined friends for “takeovers” of the show and garnered some of its highest ratings. So, it seems fitting that Bell’s current project circles back to basketball.

He’s spent the past few years shooting some 2,800 basketball courts in 15 countries around the world, which he believes is the most on record. He’s shot extensively in New York City, Puerto Rico and Hong Kong. He uses a drone camera and considers himself a “hunter,” landing in a neighborhood, then trekking in search of its rims and hoops.

“Basketball courts are my photographic anchor because they are jarringly stark and unfamiliar visually from above,” he says. “Their placement and decoration give a unique window into the city or area around them. These three locations with their unusual abundance of courts have sparked my obsession.”

He returned to Hong Kong in November, three years after the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted his quest to shoot every one of its estimated 2,400 basketball courts. He’s shot around 1,600 so far.