A Day in the Bay
My first experience on a fishing ship in Iceland was… memorable! I was able to film and take pictures for the first 12 hours (from 4 am to 4 pm) but when the waves got a little bit more serious, my stomach didn’t want to cooperate anymore. It’s quite a strange feeling to be in the middle of nowhere, away from technology, blackberries and all other forms of industry. When the waves got serious, I could only think of how terrible it would be for me to fall overboard. I am still here, and now 5 hours after my return, I still feel sea sick and the walls of my hostel room are spinning when I lie down.
Surprisingly enough, I didn’t take many photos on the ship as I felt that Corey Arnold exhausted the subject with his beautiful and intimate shots of fishermen and their relationship to the fish. So, feeling unable to do something different with photography, I decided to film a day in the bay. I will be working on a short documentary film which explores the reality of commercial fishing in a silent and cinematic fashion.
But for now, here are more images…
