Thousands of Photographs of the Sea, in One Image

Jon Mooallem, The New York Times Magazine, October 6, 2021

The Art of Remaking Waves

 

What is a wave? A wave is motion. It is a noun that is secretly a verb. Nishino had planned to spend those months working in a remote region of northern India; he’d become fascinated by the nomadic people there, the slow but perpetual movement of their lives. These waves were nomads, too — the only bodies around him still in motion. With envy he watched them arrive and recede, imagining their trips to and from the other side of the world.