Menjala ikan

Orang Seletar children use a nylon dragnet (known among the Orang Suku laut as Jaring Tangsi) to catch fish. The Orang Seletar are an indigenous people who live in tandem with the land and sea for their livelihood. 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.