SEPTEMBER 2000 – A Trabocca, a traditional fishing shack that is quite common at the Italian Adriatic Coast. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
The Adriatic Coast in Italy can be heaven and hell for the traveller, depending on what you’re looking for, and where. You’ll get to see faceless villages (with beautiful beaches) that have been unable to preserve (or create) their uniqueness, and you’ll see stunning beaches and coastal stretches where hardly anyone can be seen. Of course, there are many small villages that are beautiful and unique.
When driving along the small provincial highways you’ll see all of these – and multiple Traboccas, traditional fishing shacks built on stilts and equipped with everything you need to catch fish.
However, many Traboccas have been turned into (usually expensive) restaurants. I can understand why the owners decided to do this, so no complaints from me. Also, I guess it must be awesome to enjoy a warm summer evening in a Trabocca, with excellent fresh fish and a matching white wine.
But it’s also good to know what these shacks looked like in the past. And that’s what my image shows: an active fishing shack.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | 01-SEP-2000 |
| Location | Adriatic Coast, Italy |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Fuji Slide Film |
| Digital Image Source | Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, AdobeRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 2484 x 3726 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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