Frank, I think you are a hopeless romantic, just like me, rambling on about the old days. The good old days when people died struggling ;-)
Besides being interesting, you post told me that the message in the picture got thru. Evoking a long comment is a good thing. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 2. desember 2005 15:02 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: PESO - Life and death > > On 12/2/05, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This image sets me 50-60 years back in time, making me think about how > > people lived their lives back then. It was hard work, and many where > lost > > while fishing. > > > > http://www.photosight.org/photo.php?photoid=26026 > > Olumpus 5050W. 64 ISO, f4, 1/400s > > > > Comments please. > > > > I like this a lot. Nicely composed, and I find the subject matter > very poignant (more on that in a minute). > > I also like the muted, overcast lighting. It fits in perfectly with > such a maritime theme. > > Another thing I like about it is that it reminds me of the area in > which my parents lived in Nova Scotia, Canada. I'd swear that was > taken about 2 miles from their home, up near Mader's Cove. > > Until the depletion of the cod stocks in the North Atlantic, that area > of Canada depended heavily on fishing. It was a hard life, even with > the advent of modern steel-hulled factory trawlers. But (as you > said), up to about 50 or 60 years ago, when they went to sea in wooden > boats to fish, it was a hard life indeed. I could go on about fishing > techniques back then (long-liners from dories sent out from the main > schooner), but suffice to say that it was backbreaking work. And, > every year, each small community lost several men to the sea. The > gales of August 1927 were most notorious, with four schooners from the > town of Lunenberg lost in one day. Here's a list of sea tragedies > (mostly fishermen) lost since 1900: > > http://www.lostatsea.ca/newspaps.htm > > Your photo evokes all of that, and also reminds me that some cultures > (like that of the fisherman) transcend national borders. > > Thanks for a wonderful photo. Sorry for the longish rambling post, > but some photos just do that... <g> > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >
