Fogo 3: Local shacks, stores, stages and sheds
12 February 2010
Fogo’s communities are all shore bound, fishing [still] being the main occupation of the island’s residents. The stages (usually built on the water), stores (on water/land) and sheds (land mostly) were the work and storage buildings dealing with the day to day of fishing, fish gutting, boat building and other woodworking. All stages have a large white dot painted on their door, guiding the fishermen on the docks at nighttime.
If you don’t know the work of David Blackwood, you should check him out. He’s an artist who grew up in Newfoundland. His works are exquisite remembrances of life as it used to be on the coast and on the water http://www.davidblackwood.com/