WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS BY BODHI SHOLA
As she walked the coastline of Mazunte, a small beach town in Oaxaca, Mexico, photographer Alexandra von Fuerst began to see more than just sand beneath her feet. The result—in her words, not just a nesting ground for sea turtles but “water’s transfiguration of nature engraved in the sands”—made her question the fundamental roles of global ecosystems (and the footprints certain species can leave behind).