This series of photographs explores the form of fishing boats as objects, both through their design and daily use. By documenting these boats within the context of their environment, they are meant to have both a sculptural and a human quality. “The Fishermen” is an exploration of the commonplaceness of Caribbean life through a deconstruction of the visual landscape.

The boats have been captured over a period of a year during a similar hour in the day to create a particular aesthetic from both above and under the water. This progression of time allows a story to be told about each of these fishermen; their absence is meant to let the viewer to envisage the lives and the personalities of these men through the structure and wear and tear of their boats.

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Nadia Huggins is a self-taught conceptual documentary photographer from St Vincent & the Grenadines. Her photographs explore Caribbean culture and identity through people, self-portraits and the landscape. Her work has been published in, Pictures from Paradise: A Survey of Contemporary Caribbean Photography, and See me here: A Survey of Contemporary Self-Portraits from the Caribbean. She has exhibited worked in Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions in Washington, DC.; Pictures from Paradise at the CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto, Canada; and In Another Place, And Here at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, BC, Canada. She has received a photography award at the FESTIVAL CARIBEEN DE L’IMAGE du Mémorial ACTe in Guadeloupe for her Circa no future series. Huggins is also the co-founder of ARC Magazine and a full time freelance graphic designer.