東南亞/大洋洲，單幅照片

Eddie Jim

澳洲籍，生於1966年

拼搏，而非下沈

2023年8月8日，斐濟，基奧阿島的薩利亞灣。社區長老 Lotomau Fiafia（72歲）與他的孫子John站在他記憶中兒時海岸線所在的位置。

在基奧阿島上，這個堅強的五百人社區是來自島嶼北方的吐瓦魯。1940年代，他們為了躲避吐瓦魯海平面上升，來此尋求庇護、發展聚落。現在，因為海岸線日益後退，他們的漁業與農業經濟再次受到威脅，這也意味著他們與斐濟島上六百多個社區在未來幾年可能都會被迫遷移。

攝影師視覺化地呈現了海平面上升，並刻畫出世代之間傳承守護責任的情感，給評審團留下了深刻的印象。

Eddie Jim為《時代報》/《雪梨晨鋒報》拍攝此張照片。

Southeast Asia / Oceania, Singles category

Eddie Jim

Australian, born 1966

Fighting, Not Sinking

Lotomau Fiafia (72), a community elder, stands with his grandson John at the point where he remembers the shoreline used to be when he was a boy. Salia Bay, Kioa Island, Fiji, 8 August 2023

The 500-strong community on Kioa Island has grown from a settlement of people who sought refuge in the 1940s from rising sea levels on Tuvalu, an island to the north. Now, their fishing and farming economy is threatened again, as increasingly eroding shorelines mean that they and more than 600 communities around Fiji could be forced to relocate in the coming years.

The photographer’s visualization of sea level rise and portrayal of the affection between generations passing on legacies of stewardship particularly impressed the jury.

Eddie Jim made this image on assignment for The Age/Sydney Morning Herald.