STILL & MOTION PICTURE CREATIVE
JOSE BATISTA-AYALA
Perth Amboy made me. New York raised me. Washington Heights saved me, and the Bronx curated me.
I’m half Dominican, half Puerto Rican. A performer, storyteller, and all around creative. Mostly self taught and self made, I’ve written and performed plays, poems, films, and one man shows. I’ve also danced salsa semi professionally, acted in a few other projects, and taught myself the technical behind the scenes side of creativity, from Photoshop to DaVinci Resolve and beyond, all in an effort to keep pushing my work forward.
Would I have loved guidance, support, or even a mentor? Of course. But that just wasn’t in the cards for me. So over the years, I learned everything the old fashioned way: through trial and error. Honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. That process turned me into a self sufficient creative machine. My range and body of work across different mediums speak for themselves.
And truthfully? I never really liked depending on anyone anyway. Bloop.
A BLUE SHARK TELLER
FIRST EDITION · LIMITED TO 300 COPIES
$24.99 USD
Includes USPS Priority Mail shipping with tracking within the United States.
A BLUE SHARK TELLER DOESN'T EXPLAIN ITSELF.
It drifts between instinct and obsession, chaos and rhythm, beauty and interruption.
Some photographs make immediate sense.
Others resist meaning entirely.
Created from tens of thousands of photographs made over years of travel, observation, and wandering, this collection gathers the images that refused to leave the photographer alone.
Taken across cities, coastlines, islands, alleyways, train stations, churches, canals, deserts, and forgotten corners of the world, these photographs are not arranged as a travel diary. They are presented as fragments of a larger visual story.
A Blue Shark Teller is a fine art photography book built on symbolism, repetition, hidden connections, and personal mythology. Images echo one another across continents. Numbers appear with intention. Certain subjects return unexpectedly. Meanings overlap, disappear, and reappear again.
The photographs are sequenced to encourage discovery rather than explanation. Each viewer is invited to find their own path through the work.
Perhaps that's enough.
After all, a Blue Shark Teller breaks all the rules.
LIMITED EDITION
First Edition
Limited to 300 printed copies worldwide
Single print run
No digital edition, ebook, PDF, or electronic version will be released
Once sold out, this edition will not be reprinted in its current form
BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
Title: A Blue Shark Teller
Author & Photographer: Jose Batista-Ayala
Format: Softcover Fine Art Photography Book
Binding: The First Edition will be produced as either a saddle-stitched or perfect-bound volume. Final binding specifications will be determined during the production process based on manufacturing requirements and presentation considerations. This decision affects only the physical construction of the book and will not alter the content, edition size, dimensions, materials, or collector status of this release.
Orientation: Portrait
Trim Size: 6 × 9 inches
Total Pages: 56 (including cover)
Interior Printing: Full Color (4/4 Double-Sided)
Interior Paper: 100lb Matte Book Stock
Cover Stock: 100lb Matte Cover
Cover Finish: Matte, Uncoated (No Additional Finishing)
Edition: First Edition, 2026
Language: English
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jose Batista-Ayala is a still and motion picture creative whose work explores coincidence, symbolism, memory, and the unexpected relationships that emerge between images separated by distance, time, and geography.
Over the course of years, he has photographed across North America, Europe, the Caribbean, and beyond, building an archive of tens of thousands of images. Rather than documenting destinations, his work seeks moments that feel strangely connected…objects, people, places, colors, numbers, and patterns that seem to belong to a larger conversation.
A Blue Shark Teller is his first published photography book and represents a curated selection of images chosen from a much larger body of work.
Every photograph contained in this edition was created and photographed by Jose Batista-Ayala.
THE NUMBERS
For those paying attention, the dates, numbers, sequencing, and recurring visual elements throughout A Blue Shark Teller contain intentional references connected to an ongoing hidden theme woven throughout the work.
Some meanings are obvious.
Others are not.
Discovery is part of the experience.
PRE-SALE INFORMATION
Pre-Sale Opens: June 22, 2026
Expected Ship Date: On or about September 22, 2026
Delivery dates are estimates and may vary due to production schedules, printing timelines, shipping carrier operations, weather events, or circumstances beyond our control.
All United States orders include USPS Priority Mail shipping with tracking at no additional charge.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All photographs, designs, layouts, and content contained within A Blue Shark Teller are protected by copyright and remain the intellectual property of Jose Batista-Ayala.
No portion of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, copied, scanned, transmitted, stored, published, or used in any form without prior written permission.
PURCHASE TERMS
Due to the limited-edition nature of this release, all sales are final.
Refunds are not offered.
If your order arrives damaged or materially defective, please contact us within fourteen (14) days of delivery so that we may review the issue and, where appropriate, provide a replacement copy.
We stand behind the quality of our work and want every collector to be satisfied with their purchase.
By placing an order, you acknowledge and agree to these purchase terms.
A BLUE SHARK TELLER
300 copies. One edition. No digital release.
When they're gone, they're gone.
