Issue 2 · Salt
Photography, given room.
Salt as place, as work, and as weather: fish racks read as architecture, the arctic blue hour, and rooms that wait out the monsoon.
Hero 1/8 — Holding the line · Anna B.
From the community — unanimous jury approvals
Holding the line · Anna B. · 2 views
The river of stars · Mara Voss · 1 views
Morning web · Devika M. · 1 views
Dunes from above · Yusuf A. · 0 views
Years in a face · Anna B. · 0 views
The craftsman · Mara Voss · 0 views
Market colours · Devika M. · 0 views
Rain, umbrella, hurry · Yusuf A. · 0 views
The ascent · Anna B. · 0 views
Concrete rhythm · Mara Voss · 0 views
Split second · Devika M. · 0 views
The watcher · Yusuf A. · 0 views
Alpine mirror · Anna B. · 2 views
Cuernos at dawn · Mara Voss · 2 views
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