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In 132 stunning black-and-white photographs, the fishermen are portrayed during different aspects of their daily work. Starr's descriptive captions give us stories of the fishermen, fishing process, construction of the boats, and the hard work on a fishing boat. --G ran R. Buckhorn, Mystic Seaport Magazine His best photos are about beauty and romance and graphic design, like a shot of the three-man crew of the North Star hauling in nets, isolated but steadfast atop a calm misty sea, their floating lines spreading out around them like a spider web. --The Providence Phoenix, about the exhibition of these photographs

His best photos are about beauty and romance and graphic design, like a shot of the three-man crew of the North Star hauling in nets, isolated but steadfast atop a calm misty sea, their floating lines spreading out around them like a spider web. --The Providence Phoenix, about the exhibition of these photographs

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MARKHAM STARR is a photographer and the author of Barns of Connecticut and End of the Line: Closing the Last Sardine Cannery in America. His photographs have appeared in magazines such as Yankee, Rhode Island Monthly, Lenswor, Vermont Magazine and others, and reside in the collections of many regional historical museums throughout New England. His images are also part of the permanent collection at the Library of Congress.

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