TOKYO-2017

Ice fishing

  • Photographer
    Yvon Jolivet

First, the Ojibwa Indians employed spears in the earliest form of ice fishing. Now, in many places in North America, ice fishing is still a social activity. Ice fishing is the practice of catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water. Ice fishermen may fish in the open or in different type of enclosures. These photographs are taken near of St-Lawrence River in little town call Rimouski in winter 2017. At this place, a long tradition of fishing still exist. When winter is almost over and ice is present on the river, many people still practice this severe fishery when the wind is blowing and temperature are low.

Yvon Jolivet is a self-taught Quebec Canadian photographer who is known for his abstract & Fine Art style. His style of photography is characterized above all by an emotional abstraction and a concentration on forms. It explores themes of transformation, fluidity and metamorphosis, evoking the processes of change and transition in the inner landscapes of the mind. Yvon Jolivet is a professionnal member of RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec) and CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation) Official Juge of New York Photography Awards 2022 and 2023