When Kalvin Banton, who goes by the professional name Bred Hampton, traveled to Chicago for NBA All Star weekend in February, he already had a vision of how he was going to photograph Jayson Tatum.
The 29-year old photographer from Dorchester and the Celtics’ forward had developed a solid working relationship throughout the season, and Hampton knew that for Tatum’s All-Star debut, he needed to showcase special moments for him, both on and off the court. Ideas circulated through Hampton’s mind, and as he usually does before shooting a subject, he saw portraits, stylistic shots, and ways of capturing Tatum before he even began clicking the camera’s shutter button.