Jumping from a fast moving boat, one of 20 women free divers takes the plunge. Some Haenyeo go from boats, some off the rocky beaches on Jeju Island, S Korea. After today the women take a break for a week. They need one. In the next days I will focus on their family lives, geography …
Choonhwa Ko, 67, has been free diving for 50 years in the waters of Jeju Island, S Korea. She can even now hold her breath for over two minutes and go 30 feet down in search of abalone, squid, and conch. It’s a dangerous job. Two Haenyeo died yesterday at sea in the area where …
There is a good in every bad , today I missed my train but met with this lovely piano playing man at the central train station @flyingkat for @burndiary #Groningen
Ditte Haarlov Johnsen Maputo Diary 2000-2013 [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] I grew up in Mozambique. My parents moved there just after independence, drawn by an atmosphere of hope and confidence in the future. At my kindergarten I would stand on the roof shouting long live Frelimo, the liberation party, and down with the armed …
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At the other end of these swim fins is a 76 year old woman. Diving for abalone on Jeju Island, S Korea. She is in a full on rubber wetsuit and has a line to the float which holds her bag net perhaps full with 40 pounds of shellfish after 6 hours in the sea. …
Laila Abril On Eating Disorders the Epilogue [ EPF 2014 FINALIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT At the end of 2010, after leading a year in recovery to overcome ten years of bulimia, I decided to document the struggle of girls battling the same disease. For the next three years, I worked first on Chapter …
