My Grandfather is a Fishermen Photograph

“My Grandfather is a Fishermen” an image of an old man on a boat with a huge anchor hanging above, nets and gear all about, but if you look closely he is holding a small child whom I am calling his grandson, is he? Who know’s, it was what I felt when I saw it that made me see my picture, my past, my ancestors past, that is “My grandfathers were fishermen” and theirs before them and so on and so on. And once upon a time they too sat in this port with their descendents on their laps. I love fishing, it’s in my blood; I taught my son at three with a small child’s pole of green and white, at McGovern Park in Milwaukee Wisconsin; at the lagoon where I fished as a child. It was Easter 1984 I gave it to him as his gift. We packed up the car got our worms and sat on the dock for hours catching and releasing our fish, He loved it and slept all the way home. Later that week I noticed a smell in the car and could not for the life of me figure out what it was, you got it, the worms were decaying in the back in our tackle box. My son grew up to love fishing as well. I come from a long line of fishermen, (although I did not know that when I was young) and fishing is in my blood; my Ancestors were all Fishermen in Porticello, Solanto, Santa Elia and Santa Flavia, and Baggheria, in the Palermo Province of Sicily. When I visited Sicily I meandered along the port in Porticello and fell in love with the boats, all sizes and shapes. Most were white and blue some with red or green added, many were rusted and loaded with fishing gear, nets boxes for their catch, wenches, pullies, it was a feast for one’s eyes. I snapped 2000 images during my stay in Italy and fell in love with two that I sent off to a museum for a show.

Photography:Gelatin on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:10 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in

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