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I will tell you what this is when I figure it out myself for the #smartphonephotography contest
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Long Beach always has interesting things to look at, and I'm always happy I have a smartphone to take photos when the moment comes
@eileenbeach describes in the comments what this is exactly. Follow her page for beautiful So Cal photos !!
‘Ghost Fish’ Sculpture Unveiled in San Pedro
Taylor HillDecember 17, 2012
Byline: Taylor Hill
‘Ghost Fish’ Sculpture Unveiled in San Pedro
SAN PEDRO – Artist Carl Cheng’s “Ghost Fish 107” sculpture was unveiled Dec. 5 at Sampson Way, at the Port of Los Angeles’ Berth 73.
The 40-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture is in the shape of a massive bluefin tuna, and is suspended from a galvanized steel frame on 50-foot pilings.
Cheng, who used to paint watercolors along Berth 73 as a high school student, first had the idea of creating “Ghost Fish” in 2007, to serve as an homage to San Pedro’s once-thriving tuna industry.
“The large tuna catches during the 1930s by San Pedro and Terminal Island commercial fisherman were the real inspiration behind this piece of art,” Cheng said.
The sculpture, with its mesh-net-frame construction, is filled with local fishing artifacts that were donated to Cheng by area anglers and members of the commercial fishing industry. Hooks, fishing reels, buoys, ropes and other old and discarded nautical equipment hang from inside the fish, with a mount of material gathered at the bottom, in the fish’s head.
“The local artifacts within the sculpture speak to the historical significance of the fishing industry to San Pedro — then and now,” Cheng said.
Great info ... learn something new every day :) updated my post with a credit for you ... and upped!!
Thanks. I was surprised to see it on steemit. It's 5 minutes from my house!
I was surprised to see it on my camera, I remember the trip down there but never paid attention to the photos I took until now, 2 years later. Amazing sculpture, I lived in Belmont Heights last time I resided in America.
That stuff looks like a lethal trap for fishes, good pic!
Thank you :) I really don't know what it is. Looks more lethal to trash at the moment but I really don't know
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