New York City-based freelance photographer Keith Bedford recently photographed a swim class for juvenile offenders.  Keith just relocated back to the United States from New Delhi, India.

Since being back in New York I am struggling to not only do good work but do work that does good for the community here. I got to do a piece for the New York Times on a swim class for juvenile offenders. As the class instructor put it, these are the kids that need the most TLC. Not a bad afternoon of shooting. I had the added challenge of make pix with out identifying any of the students for legal reasons. Hopefully I’ve managed to do that and won’t be taking any awkward calls from the Department of Juvenile Detention.

See more images from the class on Keith Bedford’s Blog.