EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe former tennis star Yannick Noah, now an African-pop-reggae star, walks barefoot on Philippe Chatrier court, a texture he described as being “like velvet,” at Roland Garros in Paris, May 27, 2023. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialThe lead singer from Jovens do Prenda, a Carnival group which the singer Tony do Fumo Jr. sees as a vehicle to help young people overcome difficult conditions through culture, walking barefoot after a performance in Luanda, Angola, on Feb. 19, 2023. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)
EditorialJoseph DeRuvo Jr., who has been barefoot for 20 years, with his wife Lini Ecker at their home in Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 6, 2023. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialJoseph DeRuvo Jr., who has been barefoot for 20 years, with his wife Lini Ecker at their home in Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 6, 2023. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Serenity Pinkney, Sareeta Pinckney, Gabriel Day, Selena Noble and Marcus Barefoot in East Baltimore, May 28, 2022. (Gioncarlo Valentine/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Little Devils softball team, or Las Diablillas, a group of Indigenous women who play barefoot and wear traditional Mayan dresses, in Hondzonot, Mexico, on Nov. 13, 2021. The women have helped upend sports culture in the Yucatán Peninsula. (Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Yaxunah Amazonas softball team practice on its community field in Yaxunah, Mexico, on Nov. 14, 2021. (Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Yaxunah Amazonas softball team practice on its community field in Yaxunah, Mexico, on Nov. 14, 2021. (Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times)