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De profundis - an untold story of apnea fishing
Photo © João Galamba
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Atauro is a small island in front of Dili, Timor-Leste's capital. The survival of its inhabitants lies in fishing through apnea diving. The fishermen surround the fish with their small boats, launch the nets to trap them and then dive to great depths for a few minutes. Traditionally these fishermen would use wood glasses, however nowadays most of the fishermen use normal diving glasses. However, the fishing method is the same as it was centuries ago.
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Atauro is a small island in front of Dili, Timor-Leste's capital. The survival of its inhabitants lies in fishing through apnea diving. The fishermen surround the fish with their small boats, launch the nets to trap them and then dive to great depths for a few minutes. Traditionally these fishermen would use wood glasses, however nowadays most of the fishermen use normal diving glasses. However, the fishing method is the same as it was centuries ago.
About author:
I was born in1989 in Portugal and in 2013 I moved to Timor-Leste (East Timor). Since I've started making photos I was awarded in over 30 photo contests, portuguese and international, including best portuguese photographer in Sony World Awards 2014 and PSA Silver in Nature Category in Swiss International Photo Contest. In May 2017 I published my first photo book, with more than 200 pages filled with photos of Timor-Leste, with preface of Xanana Gusmão (former leader of timorese resistance against indonesian occupation, then former President and Prime-Minister after independence) and published by Porto Editora, the biggest portuguese publisher house.BACK TO GALLERY
