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Jangadeiros (Ceara, Brazil)   [40 images]

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  • Brazilian fishermen pushing their boat manually towards the ocean during the sunrise in Uruau, state Ceara, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman cutting ice blocks loaded on the boat before putting out to sea from the Prainha beach, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. The caught fishes are kept in the jangada's underdeck among ice blocks. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen pushing their boat by hands towards the ocean on the beach of Prainha, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen putting out to sea and fighting waves in the Uruau beach, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman preparing the boat for putting out to sea from the Uruau beach, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen pushing their boat manually towards the ocean on the beach of Prainha, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A sail of the jangada boat decorated with a hand painted picture, Caponga, Brazil, 13 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman gutting caught fish on the beach of Caponga, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman pushing the boat manually among waves on the beach of Caponga, Brazil, 11 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Caught red fish lying on the deck of the boat parked on the beach of Caponga, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Brazilian fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen selling caught fish on the beach of Caponga, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman pushing the boat by hands among waves, using wooden logs, on the beach of Uruau, Brazil, 17 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Young Brazilian fishermen playing football on the beach of Caponga, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • The smallest jangada, a one-man boat, parked on the beach of Uruau, Brazil, 19 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman fixing the mast on the boat before putting out to sea from the Prainha beach, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman push the boat using wooden logs towards the ocean on the beach of Prainha, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen putting out to sea and fighting waves in the Prainha beach, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman painting a fish picture on the side of his boat parked on the beach of Prainha, Brazil, 9 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A handmade anchor using metal bodies of the aerial bombs stolen from a military base close to the beach of Prainha, Brazil, 9 March 2004. Brazilian fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian man, an owner of the jangada boat, watching fish brought by fishermen to the Prainha beach, Brazil, 9 March 2004. Brazilian fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen pushing their boat by hands towards the ocean on the beach of Prainha, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen working with wooden logs while pushing the boat towards the ocean on the beach of Prainha, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman preparing his boat for putting out to sea from the Caponga beach, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen working with wooden logs while pushing the boat towards the ocean on the beach of Caponga, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen attaching the sail to the mast before putting out to sea from the Prainha beach, Brazil, 8 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman carrying a handmade anchor on the beach of Iguape, Brazil, 14 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • The jangada boat parked behind a sand dune in the beach of Iguape, Brazil, 14 March 2004. Brazilian fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen relaxing and watching dog fight in the beach of Iguape, Brazil, 14 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen loading a large wooden box (for caught fish) on the deck of their boat before putting out to sea from the Iguape beach, Brazil, 14 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen after getting back from the sea, Iguape, Brazil, 14 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Caught red fish, marked with cut fins, lying on the deck of the boat parked on the beach of Iguape, Brazil, 14 March 2004. Brazilian fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A dead shark lying on the deck of the boat parked on the beach of Iguape, Brazil, 14 March 2004. Brazilian fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen selling caught fish on the beach of Caponga, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A young Brazilian man constructing the brand new jangada boat in the manufactory in Caponga, Brazil, 12 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • A Brazilian fisherman working with a wooden log while pushing the boat towards the ocean on the beach of in Uruau, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fisherman attaching the sail to the wooden yard during the sunrise in Uruau, state Ceara, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen pushing their boat manually towards the ocean during the sunrise in Uruau, state Ceara, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen pushing their boat by hands towards the ocean during the sunrise in Uruau, state Ceara, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fishermen pushing their boat manually towards the ocean during the sunrise in Uruau, state Ceara, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

  • Brazilian fisherman attaching the sail to the wooden yard during the sunrise in Uruau, state Ceara, Brazil, 16 March 2004. Fishermen use a unique wooden raft boat called jangada which has an unfixed keel and a mast that make it practical for a use on the shallow sea and beaches of the nothern Brazil. They keep their work and tradition for more than four hundred years. Being a fisherman on jangada is highly dangerous job. Jangadeiros spend up to several days on high-sea being tens of kilometres far from the coast, with no navigation on board. In the last two decades jangadeiros have been facing up the pressure from motorized vessels which use modern, effective (and environmentally destructive) fishing methods.

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