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Illuminating toxicity

The photograph was taken by the ethnographer during a field visit. What struck me was the play with light, creating a contrast between powerplant, fishermen and their catch. I wondered whether it was a phone snapshot or more intentionally composed photograph, or both, but it certainly seemed very artistic to me (in all the good ways!). Attention is focused on the fishermen, going about their work in an almost clandestine way. Might be the headlamps and their hunched posture, my initial thought that the fishing is illegal/informal, or at least not encouraged by whoever runs the power plant.

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