photos of sixty three year old rajan, who, after thirty years of ferrying people and logs between southern india’s andaman islands, now enjoys swimming in the indian ocean with his lifelong mahut, nasru, for mere pleasure. rajan is the last of his kind, as motorboats are now used instead of the elephants, who are not natural swimmers and need ten years to learn. photos by mike korostelev, cesare naldi and james scott



















