Haenyo
Haenyo

These are the all female divers of South Korea's Jeju Island. Diving for rare and sought after seafood without oxygen tanks on this matriarchal island is a difficult and dangerous job. Most of the next generation of women have gone off to school looking for other kinds of work. This could be the last generation of Haenyo.

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Haenyo
02_diver 20-.jpg
03_diver 2 (1)-.jpg
06_Jeju-Haenyo close in Water 3-.jpg
Jeju-Haenyo Catch 1.jpg
33_diver 1 16x20-.jpg
09_diver 13-.jpg
16_Jeju-Haenyo Catch 63 crop 2-.jpg
10_Jeju-Haenyo Catch 49-.jpg
Jeju-Haenyo Catch 15.jpg
32_diver cover-.jpg
26_diver 15a-.jpg
17_diver 4-.jpg
27_Jeju-Haenyo Catch 45-.jpg
18_Jeju-Haenyo Catch 44-.jpg
20_underwater 7-.jpg
05_Jeju-Haenyo Catch 22-.jpg
28_husband 1 crop-.jpg
Jeju-Haenyo Catch 76.jpg
Jeju-Seaweed Trucks 6.jpg
Jeju-Haenyo Bases 10.jpg
Jeju-Haenyo Catch 11.jpg
24_bonnet 3-.jpg
25_bonnet 8-.jpg
Jeju-Haenyo Base 4x5 2.jpg
15_diver 19-.jpg
Haenyo

These are the all female divers of South Korea's Jeju Island. Diving for rare and sought after seafood without oxygen tanks on this matriarchal island is a difficult and dangerous job. Most of the next generation of women have gone off to school looking for other kinds of work. This could be the last generation of Haenyo.

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