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Wall of Heroes
Football is a big deal in Bermuda and these five Bermudian players, honoured with a building-high mural on Court Street, Hamilton, are among the few Islanders to have played successfully at a professional level. Pictured from left to right are Clyde Best, who starred for English side West Ham in the 1970s; David Bascome, who won a US indoor league title with the Baltimore Blast; Shaun Goater, who played for top English side Manchester City, as well as Rotherham, Bristol City and Southend; Nahki Wells, currently a prolific goalscorer with Bradford City in England’s League One and the first Bermudian to score a goal at Wembley; and Kyle Lightbourne, whose English clubs included Stoke City and Walsall.
Local artist Manuel Palacio and a team of volunteers created the work this summer as part of a project to improve and brighten up North East Hamilton, a neglected part of the city, frequently blighted by drugs and violence. I shot this as part of an ongoing series on public art in Bermuda. It’s an awkward location as there’s a chain link fence in front of the mural which makes getting the whole wall on an iPhone 5 tricky without a wide angle lens. I used the AutoStitch app to get the panoramic shot.
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