Marlon Estrada, 9, plays in the sand with his mother at Rockaway Beach in New York City.

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Photo by @kirstenluce. Marlon Estrada, 9, plays in the sand with his mother at Rockaway Beach in New York City. I met Marlon and his mother back in the summer of 2012 in the late afternoon as the crowd thinned and the sun started going down. I live in New York City and the beaches in Queens have always been a restorative break from the city for me.

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