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Lamalera villagers

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A Film 27 Years in the Making Captures Life in Whale-Hunting Indonesian Village

2019-12-12
On: 2019-Dec-12

In the great ocean, a lamafa (whale hunter) engages in battle with a whale to humbly and gratefully take its life. This intense scene was captured by Japanese photographer Bon Ishikawa,

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