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[cindyarchbellmattson]

Dancing Fingers

Commercial Fisherman gloves for protection. This is the most unique and interesting image I have ever taken! I saw all these rubber gloves sticking out of a box on a commercial fishing boat. I thought., “what an interesting picture!” The gloves against an old weathered window distressed by the ocean spray, in a box with its peeled, white paint. The different textures, muted colors along with the…

[cindyarchbellmattson]

A Way of Life

A Way of Life

Commercial fishing is an old time industry. Trawlers are the vessels that use suspended trawler nets to trail under the surface of the water at various depths to haul and trap fish. The above image was taken in Bayou La Batre which is in Mobile County, Alabama. Part of Forrest Gump was filmed here. I spent an afternoon in this quaint city photographing the fishing boats. This is a infrared image…