Rehi Salaam (Bait Salute)

These photographs are from a 14-hour trip I took with some incredible fishermen from Raa Atoll,
Maldives. We left at 2:30 am, and returned just before sunset. Titled ‘Masdhoni (Fishing Boat)’, this is a project that I am hoping to expand further over the next few years. In this image, one of the crew tosses whitebait (known as rehi in the Maldives) as bait for the tuna. The whitebait are kept in the boat's hull, with fresh seawater channeling through it, keeping them alive and fresh until needed.

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Tea-Bagged

Mark Blickley

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A visual response I sent to a friend after we had a silly, heated July 4th discussion over why I prefer tea to coffee in the morning, because he reproached me as an un-American Anglophile.

Tais-toi et sois belle - single in black

Aljohara Jeje

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Shepherd children.

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Held at the Edge

Anastasia Bröske

Leipzig

At the water’s edge, a quiet scene of care and safety unfolds. An adult animal bends toward its own reflection, while the young gather at the shore, seeking support—between closeness and their first steps toward independence. The image moves within a tension between motherhood, protection, and the…