18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
The catch of a sport fisher at the Rio Doce, poisoned mud still on it’s scales

No, he would not eat a fish he caught in the Rio Doce, this young hobby fisherman says. Everyone knows that all fish in there is poisoned, he adds. He does not want to be identified, but will give his catch to a neighbor, who „eats everything.“

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Galileia, Brazil
Copyright: © Thomas Byczkowski