A tropical humidity weighed heavy in the air as I made my way down a damp street in the predawn hour. The previous evening I’d learned of a fish market on the river, which might offer a unique opportunity to capture frames of life in Southeast Asia. In locales such as Kampot, Cambodia, fishermen work through the night and head for the barn around 0300 to sell their catch to restaurant owners and fish mongers. Dawn was breaking as I stepped over a rusty steel cable and entered another world. I made my way through a labyrinth of wicker baskets with men, women, and children separating squid, crustaceans, and fish I could not identify.
After buying a bag of fish and sharing many smiles, I requested permission to raise my camera and worked my way through the scene, firing off hundreds of frames. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and as a visual storyteller the ability to capture a moment in time is crucial.