Andrés Yépez

Photographer & Anthropologist

www.andresyepez.com

The struggle of Artisanal Fishing

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Location: Quito, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuadorian

Biography: Visual storyteller based in Quito, Ecuador. Member of Fluxus Foto , Diversify Photo and The Everyday Projects . His work focuses on identity, memory and the relationship between humans and their environment, using... MORE

Portrait of Narciso Baque (60)...mic income in order to survive

Portrait of Narciso Baque (60) as he leaves his community of Machalilla, province of Manabi, to go fishing. After almost 50 years in the trade, he recognizes that the challenges fishermen face currently force them to look for all kinds of ways to maintain a minimum economic income in order to survive

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The struggle of Artisanal Fishing

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Updated Sep 2022

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Being an artisanal fisher in Ecuador is hard. Fish are moving farther away from the coasts. Drug trafficking and illegal shark fishing are presenting themselves as more profitable alternatives. We went to the shores and offshore of the Ecuadorian coast, specifically in the province of Manabí. There, artisanal fishermen deal daily with the difficulties of work between closures, corruption, very low incomes and piracy. A struggle against the current that hinders life, food security, the sustainable use of natural resources and the eradication of poverty.

Andrés Yépez / Quito, ecuador

Mar 2, 2020

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