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Thynneia, tunas and an abiding story of passion and blood
By Dimitra Mylona A fisherman in Messina, Sicily in 1912, carrying a tuna on his shoulder. The picture by Fred Boissonnas, with its dramatic geometry and vague background, evokes the sense of almost heroic battle between man and tuna, common in coastal mentalities from antiquity to present, all over the world. Image: Fred Boissonnas (1858-1946): Un pêcheur de thon à Messine, 1912Inv. FVB N0 9×12 1261 © Bibliothèque de Genève It was the end of a bright and warm April and
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Oct 1, 202522 min read
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