Josie Iselin
Seaweed Stories
Earthshot Prize winner Josie Iselin has been making imagery of, researching, and writing about seaweed and kelp for many years. A decade ago Iselin realised she could use her flatbed scanner to capture the intense colour and magnificent forms of marine algae; she has been exhibiting portraits of her ‘intertidal heroes’ (seaweed and kelp) at galleries and museums ever since.
She also wrote and researched two books (An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed and The Curious World of Seaweed), which took her deep into the science of seaweed. Her current project Chasing Kelp recounts the stress and decline of the bull kelp forests of Northern California. Discover more at josieiselin.com, follow her on Instagram, or watch her at work here.

