Sardine Run

Kwanele Mbatha makes a living by subsistence fishing and guiding tourists along South Africa’s Wild Coast but this fragile ecosystem faces the threat of overfishing,...
Reportage: Simon Stanford
Photo: Simon Stanford
Editing: Niklas Berglund
It’s one of the planet’s largest biomass aggregations…an annual migration of sardines up the coast of South Africa. Millions, if not billions, of small fish...
Reportage: Jason Boswell
Photos: Legends of the Tide: The Seine-netters & The Roots of the Durban Fishing Industry by Neelan Govender and Viroshen Chetty
I was really happy with my task, staying on the surface. I truly wanted to snorkel with dolphins, but the sharks made me hesitate. Finally,...
Reportage: Ida Candert
Photography: Ida Candert, Joel Candert, Johan Candert, Nick Filmalter
Edit by: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
In the midst of the chaos of sardines, dolphins, birds and sharks there appeared a lonesome Humpback whale. She seemed not to be concerned with...
Text: Nick Filmalter
Photo: Nick Filmalter, Kimmo Hagman
The play unfolds right in front of my camera - my breathing rate is high. Nick and Kimmo are with me. We spread out so...
Text: Johan Candert
Photography: Johan Candert, Kimmo Hagman, Nick Filmalter
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