Tamsui was once called Huwei. In the early days, along the coast between Tamsui and Jinshan were many stacked stones (Shihu). Built with local stones, Shihu was a fishing methods along the coast. It made use of inter-tidal changes to trap fish, and fishermen would catch the fish on the ebb. With environmental changes and sedimentation, the Shihu in Tamsui can no longer be seen.
In the foreground, the fish hung with a straw rope on the bicycle handle stares straight at the viewer. Under the projection of lights and shadows, the achromatic color tone of the fish body is distinct, in contrast to the backlit chickens in complete black hung on the handle. In the middle ground, the owner of the bicycle bends to lift a huge fish from the water. The body of the fish is represented by simple lines of its back. In the background, the skyline is separated by the river and trees, and the depth of field connecting the three scenes is the faintly discernible sandy beach in the shallows. Such composition is not the result of a decisive moment, but the photographer’s careful arrangement of angle, layout and cropping.
Lin Yi-luo, “2021 Compilation and Research Project of Metadata in Photography.”