Forest Woodward
Forest Woodward is trying to complain less and listen more, all while making pictures of things he cares about. He lives in Franklin, North Carolina.
— From March 2023December 2020
A splash at dusk as one of the local children dives beneath the surface of the lagoon.
December 2020
A rope swing on Nui, one of Tuvalu’s outer islands. The only way to reach Nui is to book passage on a ship that delivers supplies and passengers once every four to six weeks.
December 2020
With help from a young boy, a fisherman cleans the day’s catch at a wharf on Vaitupu, one of Tuvalu’s six coral atolls. In recent years the sale of fishing rights to foreign companies has led to a drastic decline in local fishing.
December 2020
One of Tuvalu’s outer islands, as seen from the airplane that lands at the capital twice a week.
Tuvalu
Tuvalu is in danger of disappearing due to sea-level rise. The ocean around it is rising about one inch every five years, twice the global average. It’s estimated that an eight- to sixteen-inch increase will be enough to make the country uninhabitable.
December 2020March 2024
One of Tuvalu’s outer islands, as seen from the airplane that lands at the capital twice a week.