Element’s inaugural issue is a photographic journey through oceans, coastlines and the communities whose lives are bound to them. Combining photography and long-form writing rooted in southern Africa, this annual photographic journal explores our relationship with the natural world.
Four Elements. One Volume a Year.
Water, earth, fire and air shape the Element series, with each annual volume dedicated to a single element. The first is water: one element, one year, one volume, reported properly and printed well. It is made to be kept and returned to, rather than read once.
Inside the Inaugural Issue
184 pages of photography and long-form writing.
13 stories with contributions from 29 contributors.
Printed in Cape Town in a first run of 3,000 copies.
