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As I was trying to take a shot of this man working in the Mae Klong delta in Samut Songkhram province, I learned something new: extracting fish from a river is a lot harder than picking them up in the market; to be successful, one needs to have a very good sense of balance and be adept at throwing a net.
It's hard enough to keep one's balance while sitting in the middle of a boat (and I had the added weight of a camera and a bag full of accessories), but doing so while standing near the prow of a boat must be a lot more difficult. This looks like a seasoned fisherman, though, so he's probably carried out this task, solo, many thousands of time already. His feet planted firmly in the centre of the bow, he has to counterbalance the heavy motor and rudder located at the stern of the...
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- Writer: Yingyong Un-anongrak
- Position: Reporter
