Plate 1
  • SRD0001. mattanza (the killing): huge nets form a barrier that channel giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus into chambers, which are then sealed off, a 1200 year-old fishery, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 2
  • SRD0002. mattanza (the killing): boats from the tonnara (tuna fishery) arrive at the giant nets to harvest giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 3
  • SRD0003. mattanza (the killing): boats from the tonnara (tuna fishery) arrive at the giant nets to harvest giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 4
  • SRD0004. mattanza (the killing): tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) work together to bring up a net with a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 5
  • SRD0005. mattanza (the killing): the rais (leader of the tuna fishermen) surveys a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus prior to harvesting them, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 6
  • SRD0006. mattanza (the killing): the rais (leader of the tuna fishermen) issues directons to the tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) as they raise a net full of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 7
  • SRD0007. mattanza (the killing): tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) work together to bring up a net with a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 8
  • SRD0008. mattanza (the killing): tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) work together to bring up a net with a school of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 9
  • SRD0009. mattanza (the killing): giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 10
  • SRD0010. mattanza (the killing): the rais (leader of the tuna fishermen) issues directons to the tonnaroti (tuna fishermen) as they raise a net full of giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 11
  • SRD0011. mattanza (the killing): giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Plate 12
  • SRD0012. mattanza (the killing): giant bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, underwater view, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean