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04-APR-2008

Hauling in the nets, Cochin, India, 2008

Chinese traders introduced these huge cantilevered nets to Cochin six hundred years ago. They still work as they have always worked -- requiring great effort to haul in the catch. The platform on which they work is built of logs lashed together, and the moment at hand expresses the very essence of hard, physical work.

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Date/Time04-Apr-2008 21:13:27
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Phil Douglis30-Apr-2008 00:31
Thanks, Sun Han and Sofia - you are both right. It is full of energy, which to some, might even look like fun.
And the makeshift nature of that platform does indeed tell us something about how these people live -- by
hard work and ingenuity.
Guest 29-Apr-2008 19:44
Must be very hard work, and all these handmade constructions only stress the living conditions of the people, V
Guest 29-Apr-2008 12:49
this is fun picture. exuberant energy and visual pleasure
Phil Douglis21-Apr-2008 19:44
And that is what this image is all about, Alina -- physical effort. These people work very hard for their living.
Alina21-Apr-2008 13:40
Great shot of hard working men! v
Phil Douglis19-Apr-2008 19:21
I love your own caption for my shot, Gonzalo: "Strength and a hard dance." That is exactly how it was.
Gonzalo Garcia de Viedma19-Apr-2008 07:47
Just in the moment of maximun effort. Lovely simmetry Phil. Strenght and hard "dance". V
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