Unloading Fish and Mending Nets - Bob Orsillo

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Unloading Fish and Mending Nets

Artist:

Bob Orsillo

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Photograph - Photography

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Under a sky threatening rain, a man sits in the cab of his tractor - trailer waiting for two offshore fishermen to fill his fish boxes with the catch of the day. In the fore ground men are busy sewing holes shut in the offshore fishing net. They will work day and night until the task is complete. Hidden behind the truck sits teh fishing boat tied to the dock. Seagull fly waiting for fresh fish scraps to hit the ground. Black and white photography by Bob Orsillo - from the Shoe Leather Express Portfolio.

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