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Feed Back to the Sea

boat in sandlines

 

Location: Xiapu, Fujian, China
Date: January 2018
Photographer: Patrick Cheng
Home Country: China
University Affiliation: Undergraduate Student
Category: Places
Award: Honorable Mention

"As the fisherman rows his boat across the sand ripple lines to the seine that they planted, he enters a fish's mouth and goes through the fish's body which is naturally made from the ripple lines. It's a way that the fisherman pays respect and "feeds back" to the sea, as they eat fish in their daily lives they get "eaten" by the fish when they collect sea products from the seine."