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To be like Steve McCurry

Going to Sri Lanka I had a little plan – I wanted to take a picture of the Srilankan stilt fishermen similar to the photo of Steve’a McCurry, my favourite photographer. I knew, of course, that it wouldn’t be as perfect as Steve’s picture was, I just dreamed, it would be a little similar.

Those fishermen catch fish sitting on poles fixed in the coral reef and balancing on a height of about two meters. Sometimes they have to wait long hours in this uncomfortable position to see any fish.
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