WOOD CATCHERS
WOOD CATCHERS
Fishing in the Caspian Sea starts every year from the beginning of autumn. In 2023, fishing was accompanied by torrential rain. The roaring rivers of the city of Chalus in Mazandaran province brought with them large logs and foliage trees to the sea. This collection tells the story of fishermen whose families were empty for three months and whose nets were filled with wood and rubbish.
The flood has carried a large amount of waste and tree debris from the highlands to the Caspian Sea coast in the city of Chalous.
Fishermen from the Chalous Fisheries Union are loading fishing nets onto their boat on the Caspian Sea coast.
The fishermen of Chalous cast the fishing nets they have loaded into the Caspian Sea.
After two hours, the fishermen return to the shore to pull out the fishing nets.
Large and small pieces of trees, carried into the Caspian Sea by the Chalous River flood, have become tangled in the fishing nets.
The fishermen of Chalous are removing large and small pieces of wood from their fishing nets.
An old man who weaves and repairs fishing nets sits on the pieces of wood pulled from the Caspian Sea, preparing his tools at the Chalous fishermen’s camp.