Jonathan Robinson

BA(Hons) Photography

Night Trawlers

Documentary project on the fishermen of John Lake Shellfish. Based in Kings Lynn they are one of the last remaining fisheries in the area, operating in The Wash and North Sea. Fishing has been a key part of the local community for generations in Kings Lynn, so I believed it was important to document and draw attention to how this trade is slowly disappearing.

  • Trawler Fishing boat in the middle of the ocean at night Trawler Prepares for the Night
  • Fisherman standing next to large net aboard a Trawler Boat Nets are prepared to be brought aboard
  • Fisherman holding nets over a large trough Gintaras Emptying nets of catch
  • Fisherman peers into machinery aboard boat Inspecting catch as it is processed
  • Fisherman sorting shrimp in a trough Shrimp being sorted ready for storage
  • Fisherman emptying bucket of fish and crabs into the sea, surrounded by seagulls Excess catch from nets returned to Ocean
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Jonathan Robinson

BA(Hons) Photography

Photographer on the BA Photography Course. Interested in social documentary and landscape Photography. I work in both analogue and digital mediums.

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