#StudentSpotlight: Stories of the Ocean

A starfish sticks out atop a fisherman's net.

A fisherman looks on against a quickly rising sun as Anitha captures a quick photograph.  

A cluster of crabs fills the frame as Arul goes around photographing the fishermens' catch. 

It's just after sunrise. A fisherman looks on, poised for a photograph, pausing just before setting out to sea while Ashwin Ashok captures a quick portrait.

Eshal captures a pair of fishermen just as they untangle the last tiny fish from their net.

The sky fills the frame as the eye is inevitably drawn to the line of fishermen just within the foreground. 

Jayasri's photograph snags a glimpse into their day just before it begins – with the children trailing behind the sunrise, badminton rackets in stride.

A lone man, likely a fisherman, creates a stark figure walking on the beach against crashing waves in the early hours of the morning. 

The sun is up, and with it the fishermen. Each new day brings the dawn of a familiar routine — of waking up, assembling fishing tools and nets onto the beach, unmooring the boats, and setting out to sea.

A couple hours after dawn, fishermen take stock of the catch for the day. Conversations and directions thrown around form channels of a consolidated sense of community, complete with crows, stray dogs and long shadows lingering on the fringes. 

S. Raj captures a layered photograph of a fish lying within a rope.  

A receding ocean and the lined sand left behind in its wake captured by R. Ramya.

A pair of fishermen set out on their first fishing trip of the day. 

A vehicle stands getting drenched on a sidewalk just off the road. 

Tiny fishes swept up alongside a day's catch lie atop a drying net.  

The sun beats down on fishermen and women sorting through the day's catch.  

Suganthi captures the top view of a fisherman's first catch of the day.  

Swaths of net form a bright foreground as their ends lead to the fishermen in the centre of the frame.

A fisherman rests on the beach and poses for a photograph. 

A group of boys from the fishing community watches over the catch of the day. 

A fisherman in the middle of preparing his net.

A fisherman looking off into the horizon poses for a photograph. 

A solitary shell stands embedded in the sand before the next wave sweeps it away. 

An elderly lady pauses in the middle of putting away a net as Yasmin captures a photograph.