“Better than Sex” Receives CPOY Award | Pangea Photo Blog

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The focus of the assignment was ritual. But ritualism on the water for these stoic men is not easily seen. It’s subtle. I found tidbits here and there.—a pirate tattoo that one man would add to on trips back to land, a man who would smoke a joint every time he docked and one fisherman who told me he’d rather die than not fish. “It’s like therapy,” he said. “It’s better than sex.” After those words of wisdom, I knew I had found something special. Photography, I thought, is the perfect medium to capture this subtle ritualistic nature of fishing.

Link: “Better than Sex” Receives CPOY Award | Pangea Photo Blog