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This ornamental fixture is on the side of a building. It's lost its functionality over the years and now no longer even lights up at night. The last two bulbs that held on for so long just looked sad.
In Bangladesh, a large proportion of marine and freshwater fish landings are processed by drying. Dry fish is locally called ‘Shutki’. In winter, many fishermen catch fish mainly to make dry fish. But traditional drying methods are used in the absence of a modern dry fish preservation facility. Most of time they dry fish under sun; these dried fish can bring them profit by exporting them. The fish is also exported to different countries after meeting local demand, traders say. Demand for fish drying labor corresponds with the lunar cycle, with two high and two low weeks each month. A flexible labor force is thus required, and most workers are hired on a daily basis. These casual laborers, who often lack alternative employment options, are usually able to find work for around 15 days per month, but sometimes as few as 10. The working day runs from dawn to dusk (roughly 6.00 am to 6.00 pm), and there is a strong gender division of labor. Men perform tasks which include washing fresh fish, applying pesticides to prevent fly infestation, hanging fish up to dry on scaffolding, weighing and bagging dried product and loading it onto trucks. Women are responsible primarily for sorting fresh fish by species, tying pairs of churri and loitya together so that they can be hung up, and turning and further sorting of mixed fish species during the drying process. At least 50% of the causal laborers employed are women & child. Workers said they get daily wage of Tk 300 in addition to some raw fish.
"Why hello there, Mr. Tennis Ball" was pretty much straight outta the camera (made a slight exposure adjustment)...so thought I'd repost this one after I worked through a couple of processing tuts that make the pup and tennis ball pop just a little more. Maybe it's TOO much.
This old net loft or processing plant overlooks the small boat harbour of Rough Bay on Malcolm Island. It appears to still be in use to some extent, where others nearby are definitely beyond use as they are or have collapsed over time. This is a working harbour with a long history of fishing and boat building.
One of the most intriguing textiles we saw being made here are the rugs that are fabricated from old used salmon gill nets - possibly out of this net loft. We were told that currently there are only two industrious ladies on island who make these rugs. They are very beautiful and the one lady who had some in her shop wasn’t sure she was ready to sell them yet as the nets she made them from were over 100 years old. They take hours and hours of time and patience to make she said.
As you might imagine, this started out as a photo of a can of Spam. I digitally created an entirely new front for the can in Photoshop, including the lettering and graphic. To make things extra hard on myself, I positioned the can at an angle and included a reflection.
While working on this image I was reminded of the "Tornado-In-A-Can" weapon from the movie Mystery Men, which may have been a subconscious inspiration for this photo.
Submitted to the Flickr group 7 Days of Shooting.
Dried Fish processing | Bangladesh 🇧🇩
One of the oldest methods of food preservation is drying food. Drying or preserving dried fish in the sun is a method of keeping fish in the sun to remove water. Because of the water, various micro-organisms survive and help the fish to rot. At present the daughters of many fisher families of Bangladesh have taken this job as their profession.