Mencari kepah di awal pagi 1

Collections
1614784
Title
Mencari kepah di awal pagi 1
Year/Period
2023
Region
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Dimension
Object size: 34.8 x 47.1 cm
Accession No.
2025-01301

In this photograph, Orang Seletar fisherman are fishing for kepah (white clams) in the early morning. The Tuas South incineration plants can be seen in the background, across the narrow Johor Straits. The Orang Seletar are an indigenous people who live in tandem with the land and sea for their livelihood. They have historically inhabited the land and waters around the south of Johor and the north of Singapore. 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.