Images of Fishermen: The North Atlantic - Highlighting Some of the World's Leading Fishing People - A Unique Inside View of Faroe, Shetland, Iceland, and Greenland Fisheries - Tapa dura

SUPERB PHOTO RECORD of fishing ... This stunning collection of images from trips on board Scottish, Faroese, Icelandic and Greenland trawlers, gillnetters and longliners aims to 'shed some ... light onto the value of fishing and the work that fishermen do,' says photographer Maria Olsen. She manages to tell the story of each trip from cod longlining to demersal twin rig trawling through high quality colour shots of fishermen at work ... What makes the book so ceaselessly fascinating is that, to get the magnificent range of images and insights into different facets of life on a fishing boat, Maria Olsen has clearly got some dirt under her nails and got close to her subject matter. (...) The framing of the images also throws the viewer right on deck. (...) When taking shots of the crews at work Maria Olsen really throws the camera around, playing with unconventional angles and framing that gives a palpable sense of the chaos and drama of living and working on a fishing boat. --Fishing News International

IMAGES OF FISHERMEN: The North Atlantic features scores of full color pictures taken on board fishing boats in Faroe, Iceland, Greenland, and Shetland, each a different kind of boat. As a glimpse into the life on board the fishing boats, this book really is unique and photographer Maria Olsen has done the skippers and crews proud. A gorgeous book to dip into and browse through -- it's a book where the pictures really do tell the story. --BBC Radio Scotland

Photojournalist gets up close and personal in the North Atlantic fisheries ... I'm not a huge fan of coffee-table books. () For this book, I may make a rare exception. Images of Fishermen is a blend of modern-day North Atlantic ride-along, history lesson and industry update. Photographer Maria Olsen does not simply offer a catalog of fishing beauty shots. Sure, there are a few, but the meat is in the stills of the crew on deck attaching the trawl sonar, processing cod, mending nets. Olsen immersed herself in her subject, and she got close enough to reveal its reality as well its beauty. --National Fisherman

IMAGES OF FISHERMEN: The North Atlantic features scores of full color pictures taken on board fishing boats in Faroe, Iceland, Greenland, and Shetland, each a different kind of boat. As a glimpse into the life on board the fishing boats, this book really is unique and photographer Maria Olsen has done the skippers and crews proud. A gorgeous book to dip into and browse through -- it's a book where the pictures really do tell the story. --BBC Radio Scotland

Photojournalist gets up close and personal in the North Atlantic fisheries ... I'm not a huge fan of coffee-table books. () For this book, I may make a rare exception. Images of Fishermen is a blend of modern-day North Atlantic ride-along, history lesson and industry update. Photographer Maria Olsen does not simply offer a catalog of fishing beauty shots. Sure, there are a few, but the meat is in the stills of the crew on deck attaching the trawl sonar, processing cod, mending nets. Olsen immersed herself in her subject, and she got close enough to reveal its reality as well its beauty. --National Fisherman

IMAGES OF FISHERMEN: The North Atlantic features scores of full color pictures taken on board fishing boats in Faroe, Iceland, Greenland, and Shetland, each a different kind of boat. As a glimpse into the life on board the fishing boats, this book really is unique and photographer Maria Olsen has done the skippers and crews proud. A gorgeous book to dip into and browse through -- it's a book where the pictures really do tell the story. --BBC Radio Scotland

Photojournalist gets up close and personal in the North Atlantic fisheries ... I'm not a huge fan of coffee-table books. () For this book, I may make a rare exception. Images of Fishermen is a blend of modern-day North Atlantic ride-along, history lesson and industry update. Photographer Maria Olsen does not simply offer a catalog of fishing beauty shots. Sure, there are a few, but the meat is in the stills of the crew on deck attaching the trawl sonar, processing cod, mending nets. Olsen immersed herself in her subject, and she got close enough to reveal its reality as well its beauty. --National Fisherman

At last a book that presents, in compelling language, the reality of North Atlantic fisheries, as seen through a photographer's lens. IMAGES OF FISHERMEN: The North Atlantic is the first book on the market to cover commercial fishing this comprehensively through photography. And the photographs are powerful enough to capture the interest of anyone, anywhere. This book is a tribute to those who fish for a living and bring seafood to the world. Through six photo essays, photographer Maria Olsen delivers a feast of more than 200 amazing pictures, documenting fishing trips as diverse as: Gillnetting for monkfish; Longlining for cod; Demersal pair trawling for saithe; Twin-rig trawling for groundfish; Pelagic pair trawling for herring; Bottom trawling for northern shrimp. IMAGES OF FISHERMEN also contains an authoritative treatise written by the world-renowned fisheries adviser Menakhem Ben-Yami on contemporary fisheries management issues, first and foremost related to the special case of Faroe. The book is introduced with a brief overview of the great fishing traditions of the four tiny North Atlantic island communities, written by Bui Tyril. IMAGES OF FISHERMEN is so enjoyable, informative and captivating that you ll find yourself browsing through it over and over.