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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Blue Shark Teller doesn’t explain itself.
It drifts between instinct and obsession, chaos and rhythm, beauty and interruption. Some images make immediate sense. Others resist meaning entirely.
These photographs were chosen from tens of thousands of captured moments simply because they refused to leave me alone.
This book is a first for me, but the impulse behind it is not.
For years, I have moved through the world collecting fragments, crossing oceans, wandering cities, and standing in places both ordinary and impossible. I have witnessed people, places, and moments that many never get the chance to encounter. Not because I was searching for them, but because they appeared and I happened to be there.
These photographs were made across continents, cultures, and countless miles. There was no master plan. No prescribed route. No single story tying them together. Yet each image belongs here.
I rarely create with a fixed destination in mind. Curiosity has always been a better compass than certainty. What remains after the journey is the work itself, a record of what held my attention, challenged my perspective, and refused to be forgotten.
Maybe that’s enough.
The photographs will always speak more clearly than I can.
After all,
I break all the rules.
This is only the beginning.
My legacy will not be found in a single image or a single book, but in the lifelong pursuit of seeing differently, elevating still and motion photography one idea, one frame, and one story at a time.
A Blue Shark Teller