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Shot from the deck of the Blue Star Ferry at the port of Santorini, September 15, 2003.

I like the juxtaposition of the sizes of the ship, the dockworker, and the rope. The ship is huge. The dockworker, in his way, is also huge. The size of the rope between them depends on your perspective. Imagine lifting it.

This was supposed to be an action shot. I wanted to capture the image of the big guy struggling with a heavy rope holding back a million-ton ship. I watched through the camera for about five minutes. At some point I blinked… and the rope had jumped. For a big guy, he moved fast.

But then he just stood there. He’d moved the rope off the peg. His job was done. But he was as still as before. I never did see him walk away.