The Globe's best photos from last month
Barry Chin likes to go where the action is.
Two weeks ago, Chin, a Globe photojournalist, posted up behind the basket at the Boston City League boys' championship game between English High and Holland Tech, two local high schools. Chin was able to snag the vantage point because high school games usually let photographers stake out their own spots to shoot from, as opposed to pro games, where spots are assigned.
The freedom to choose isn't without risk. 'The downside to shooting under the basket is that it can be dangerous,' Chin explains. 'Most high school gyms are small, and the area between you and an athlete running at full speed is short, with little room between you and a potentially serious collision.'
But at the English vs. Tech game, held at Madison Park High School, taking a chance paid off. Using a telephoto zoom lens, Chin captured the above image as English's Darvens Alcime, powered by upward momentum, flipped over Holland's Ian Piper. Piper's team
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Last month, this newsletter published a preview of the Globe's best photos from January, as chosen by our photo editors. Today, by popular demand, we're bringing you a few of the paper's other best images from February.
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The cold and snow deepened across New England in February. Erin Clark
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Load muskets and fix bayonets! This year marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. The Globe's John Tlumacki photographed reenactors playing American Colonists and British redcoats as they
Hundreds gathered in the Strand Theatre in Dorchester for "
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Love and rain were in the air as the Globe's David Ryan photographed Valentine's Day flowers for sale in the misty windows of Brattle Square Florist. The century-old store, slated to close three years ago, has continued under new ownership just
Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Craig Walker captured the world's top snowboarders as they caught air before thousands of spectators for Red Bull Heavy Metal, a one-day street snowboarding competition at Boston's City Hall Plaza. Before the event, sponsors inundated the plaza with
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Warrior pose with a side of weed? At Diaspora, a private marijuana club in Cambridge photographed by Brett Phelps, Bhang Yoga class attendees puffed on joints after a warmup of downward dogs and deep breaths. The state will start letting lounges, cafes, and events apply to serve pot products later this year, which
Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff
No, this isn't a rediscovered Monet newly arrived at the MFA. It's Upper Newbury Street, smudged into an impressionistic blur as freezing rain distorted
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This photo, taken last year by Craig Walker and published last month in
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