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Song of the Sea

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One of the most delightful, and important, things Fotolog lets us do is share our local cultures with the world. For several years now, acravo98 has been documenting the lives and work of the fishermen and women in his native vila of Torreira, Portugal. From launching the moliceiro Maria de Fatima in choppy surf, to hauling in the day’s nets full of sardines or mackerel, to waiting onshore endless hours for the barco’s return, acravo keenly captures the arduous, sun-baked reality of this slowly dwindling but still vibrant merchant class. Outside of the occasional book or magazine profile on a subject like this, there aren’t many other places where you can enjoy such unfiltered, lyrical photo-reporting. And thanks to the three Fotolog pages acravo has maintained over the years—acravo98, xavega, and poemas_xavega—we can follow the seasonal eddies of these spartan, seafaring lives in near daily detail. A short poem that acravo has posted a few times perfectly illuminates the mixed emotions his full body of work conveys:

tristes são os dias
em que o mar nos nasce
nos olhos

abraço das ondas

sad are the days
when sea comes out
of your own eyes

hugs from the waves

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36 Responses to “Song of the Sea”

Rodri @ 2008-10-18 05:20:55 PM says:

I like :)

Leen @ 2008-10-18 10:04:06 PM says:

This are simple things …

Simple but wonderful things …

=3 =D !!!

Leen @ 2008-10-18 10:05:24 PM says:

This is wonderful world (8)

=9 =)

nicolas @ 2008-10-19 05:28:06 AM says:

alguien me puede dar una exlicacion de por q pude postiar 3 veces la misma foto sin ser miembro glod??? :S

entren y fijensen xD www.fotolog.com/paga_de_luro

Facundo Túpac Martínez @ 2008-10-19 12:59:10 PM says:

if you wanna change the world and don’t know how, try vegetables..

assasain photos.

antónio cravo (acravo98) @ 2008-10-20 07:33:07 AM says:

o nome do barco não é “moliceiro”, mas sim “barca de mar”.

the name if the boat is not “moliceiro” but “sea boat”.

Vilmar Vidor @ 2008-10-20 09:40:23 AM says:

Maravilhoso acervo Acravo, muito lindo, parabéns !!
Obrigado pelo envio, grande abraço !!

felipe @ 2008-10-20 07:41:04 PM says:

wii so beutiful the history about the pics
hehe fantastic ok flogers
see you latter hehe bye bye
sii la historia sobre la imajen es hermosa
hehe fantastico flogers los
veo despues hehe adios
-.-

DELFINA @ 2008-10-21 04:39:51 AM says:

OSEA HELLO ALGIE ME PUEDE EXPLICAR Q DISE A I NO ENTIENDO NAADAAA :P AHRRE!
BUENO PASATE X MI FOTOLOG www.FOTOLOG.COM/NEENALINDDA

maribel @ 2008-10-21 03:16:45 PM says:

hola como andas??
che sos re buena onda
AGUANTE LOS FLOGGERS!!

maxi @ 2008-10-21 08:26:57 PM says:

very good the inform:))

kura220 @ 2008-10-22 04:53:15 AM says:

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meyinck @ 2008-10-23 12:33:43 PM says:

esta bueno thu fotoblog ?adios?

valiiiii @ 2008-10-23 06:08:22 PM says:

él fotolog esta cada vez mas malo

porke siempre tiene errores én las paginas…

espero ke logren arreglar eso ke es muy molesto.

Ignacio @ 2008-10-24 12:25:48 PM says:

De donde son esas fotos?!

luis @ 2008-10-24 02:04:25 PM says:

OSEA HELLO ALGIE ME PUEDE EXPLICAR Q DISE A I NO ENTIENDO NAADAAA :P AHRRE!
BUENO PASATE X MI FOTOLOG
www.fotolog.com/gfdl

camila @ 2008-10-24 02:45:57 PM says:

ola como estas
me voy a antofa y alomejor me comecto cuidate

FREDE @ 2008-10-24 02:47:57 PM says:

HOLAAAAAAAAA BUE NO

$$$FEDE$$$$ @ 2008-10-24 02:48:29 PM says:

HOLA COMO ANDASSSSSSSSS

pepe @ 2008-10-25 04:54:11 AM says:

el fotlog ultimamentee esta fallanDOo!
aver sii loarreglaiis!
porqe la gnte se va pal tuentii!
y yo el primero

kiare @ 2008-10-25 03:01:07 PM says:

ke oror ke onda

zequi @ 2008-10-25 04:09:10 PM says:

hola jaj esta bem

floor (LL) @ 2008-10-25 05:48:44 PM says:

ittts beaaaaaaaatifull , jajaja .
I like it , good luck for all :)

luKasS @ 2008-10-25 08:38:15 PM says:

de
una
gran
de una

Mihaela @ 2008-10-25 10:32:11 PM says:

i just ate fish

qdificilvivirsvs @ 2008-10-26 10:51:49 AM says:

HOLAS ERES DE MARIANO ME AGREGASSS Q PARTE BUENO

QUE ANDES BIEN PASATE POR MI FLOG Y ESPERO Q ME AGREGESSS

DALE BESOSSSS PASATE XD M FUI

AGUANTE LA NEGRITAA

Jorge Hernandez @ 2008-10-26 04:27:06 PM says:

Dahmn ,

Agregenme Y Firmen

www.fotolog.com/grillo21

grillow@msn.com

znayra @ 2008-10-27 01:22:01 PM says:

muy buenas sus fotos

SAM @ 2008-10-27 04:39:35 PM says:

HOLA

KE BUENA FOTO APOKO PS AGREGAME OKAS

YA SATAS BYE

André Felipe @ 2008-10-27 08:05:39 PM says:

Check out my album with pictures taken in a fishermen village in southern Brazil.

imanol emede @ 2008-10-27 08:14:37 PM says:

Sos fotografo o estas estudiando?
Porque sacas buenas fotos :)

gabriel @ 2008-10-28 03:38:36 PM says:

holas me gusto

jkh_22 @ 2008-10-29 04:39:50 PM says:

great (ahem) catch - - he really has an eye to match his passion and dedication. here’s a glass of vino verde to you both!

Nata28 @ 2008-10-31 04:07:05 AM says:

Как всегда спасибо за актуальную информацию! буду рада читать и дальше!

maki @ 2008-11-01 06:51:50 PM says:

feooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jaime @ 2008-11-19 09:19:20 PM says:

MMM, Essas petinguas estao bem boas!!

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