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Anna Boyiazis's Image
Anna Boyiazis (USA) documents this low-tide scene of seaweed farmers tending to their underwater farm on the Zanzibar coast.
Maua Mkubwa (standing) and Maua Mdogo were working in the Menai Bay Conservation Area. It’s the archipelago’s largest marine protected area.
Some communities in the area were traditionally reliant on fishing. But they’re facing depleted stocks because of overfishing and other destructive practices.
A female-led sustainable algae farming initiative in the area improves their livelihoods.
It also brings environmental benefits. The algae absorbs carbon, purifies water and creates habitats for marine life.
Behind the lens
Anna Boyiazis
USA
Anna is a documentary photographer based between Southern California, USA, and East Africa. Her areas of focus include conservation, human rights, public health and women and girls’ issues. Her ongoing project Finding Freedom in the Water, which was first published by National Geographic, documents women and girls in Zanzibar learning to swim – an act of emancipation. Anna is a contributing photographer for GEO, National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine. She has an MFA from the Yale School of Art and a BA from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
Image details
- Nikon Z9
- 24–70mm f2.8 lens at 38mm
- 1/160 at f22 (-0.3 e/v) • ISO 400
- Menai Bay Conservation Area, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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