The Fisherman At Dawn

Photographer

Scott Kelby

Category

Fine Art Photography - Travel

Company

Scott Kelby Photography

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2023

Country / Region:

United States

Taken near dawn just outside of Guilin, China, these fishermen have trained their Cormorant birds to do the fishing for them. They dive into the water to catch the fish; then they come back up, and the fishermen squeeze the fish out of the neck of the birds and onto the deck of their small boats (they put a band around the bottom of each bird's neck so they can't swallow the fish during this rather cruel process, one that been practiced for over 1,300 years).