Eliot Fisher / studio
Looking closely.
Photographs, recipes, and fish prints — made from time spent along the coast.
01 / In the field
Photography
Coasts, creatures, and the quiet details in between.
Explore the archive
A few favorites from the archive.
02 / From the water to the table
Eat What
You Can Catch
A fisherman’s cookbook & sustainability guide
Fishing has taken me from Long Island to Monterey. This book brings those two coasts to the kitchen: fish I’ve caught, recipes I return to, and what time on the water has taught me about eating with the ocean in mind.
Read the cookbook PDF · 102 pagesInside the book
Two coasts.
One kitchen.
A look at the stories and recipes between the covers.
Two Coasts, One Fish 
Oven-Baked Mackerel 03 / An impression of the coast
Gyotaku
Fish, ink, paper. A record made by hand.
Three impressions of a cabezon, made using the traditional Japanese fish-printing method. Each print holds a different trace of the same fish: its shape, texture, and the small details that make it distinct.