Melissa Alcena, Photographer, New York

Description

Four Black men work together in shallow ocean water around a small wooden motorboat, hauling and managing fishing nets under a clear sky. One man wearing an orange t-shirt stands waist-deep in the water near the center, handling the net while others stand inside the boat and in the water nearby. A pelican floats quietly in the calm water to the left of the scene. The natural daylight illuminates the rippling sea surface and the textured wooden boat fitted with an outboard motor. The composition captures a candid, observational moment of labor on the water, photographed by Melissa Alcena.

Style

Documentary, Vertical, Clean

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

Ocean

Context

Editorial