Tag: drying

David Moore ::

Diving suits, Menorca, Spain, 1954 / source: State Library of New South Wales

‘[Moore] was on assignment to cover the life and landscape of this island. The diving suits were used by local fishermen
working from boats that crowded the harbour. Moore
photographed the drying suits because they looked ridiculous, reminding
him of two boys practicing handstands or marine creatures.’ (quoted from
source)  

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Hiroshi Watanabe :: Octopus, no date (although it doesn’t seem like a H. Watanabe picture it is credited as his all around the web. Nevertheless, a really lovely pic: the woman in silhouette seeming to be collecting shells, the quiet sea, the octopus hanging, drying in the foreground… it’s up to you to reckon them as good o bad omen) / Thanks to
the-night-picture-collector

and paname

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Source: the-night-picture-collector

Hiroshi Watanabe :: Flying Octopus, Akashi, Japan, 2006

/ src: Fototazo

In Japan, octopuses are caught in the summer, and stretched and dried under the sun. When it is dried and hardened, the shape is retained and it looks like a kite. People shred it and bite into it for taste and flavor. It is a Japanese version of beef jerky in the US. Octopus in Japanese is ‘tako’ and the word also means “kite”. quoted from source.

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David Moore ::

Diving suits, Menorca, Spain, 1954 / source: State Library of New South Wales

‘[Moor]e was on assignment for the Royal Geographical Society’s Geographical Magazine to cover the life and landscape of this charming Mediterranean island. The diving suits were used by local fishermen working from boats that crowded the splendid deep-water harbour. Moore photographed the drying suits because they looked ridiculous, reminding him of two boys practising handstands or marine creatures.’ (quoted from source)  

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