Gymnasium silas-finch looking through the bars at

looking through the bars at another prisoner

Charlie Chaplin

The athletes and wrestlers in this series are studies in contrasts: youth and manhood

where the framework of urban order begins to break down

Gymnasium silas-finch looking through the bars atThe teenage athletes in Luke Smalley's pictures seem inhabitants of some time or place other than the northwestern Pennsylvania towns where the photographer recently found and photographed them. The sensuality of these young athletes seems familiar, their gaze immediate and direct, yet their otherworldly quality remains a product of the artist's unique vision. No telephone or television seems possible in this not quite familiar landscape. For the past