In evocative, dramatic black & white photographs, this compelling exhibition depicts the seagoing lives of commercial fisherman as never before. On four long voyages between 1984 and 1998, photographer and sailor Jean Gaumy lived at sea, documenting the fisherman’s daily struggle. He braved the high seas on the first open-decked trawlers, remnants of an earlier age. Gaumy’s love of the sea, of boats, and of the thrill of the catch shines through this stirring tribute to a difficult and disappearing way of life.

Reference book: Jean Gaumy. Pleine mer, Editions de La Martinière, Paris, 2001.


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