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The Orang Seletar, an indigenous people who live in tandem with the land and sea for their livelihood, have historically used spear fishing as their primary way of catching fish. This photograph shows a man diving with a two pronged spear and a kitang fish grasped in his left hand.Jefree Salim is a photographer from the Orang Seletar village of Kampung Sungai Temon, Johor Bahru. His photographs document the lives of the Orang Seletar and the effects of development and the climate crisis which threaten the traditions practices of the community. As an Orang Seletar community member himself, the photographs taken by Jefree Salim are both an act of resistance against these pressures, as well as a personal act of cultural preservation.