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Portrait of male poacher in Cambridgeshire pub
Portrait of male poacher in Cambridgeshire pub. He smokes a roll-up cigarette and looks directly at the camera. Part of a feature on poaching in the Cambridgeshire fens for YOU Magazine Date: 1992
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1992 Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cigarette Countryman Dunn Feather Fens Philip Poacher Poaching
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In this evocative black and white portrait, a male poacher named Philip Dunn gazes intently into the camera lens, his expression unreadable yet undeniably defiant. The setting is a dimly lit, smoke-filled pub in the Cambridgeshire fens, a region renowned for its vast expanses of marshland and waterways. The poacher wears a traditional countryman's attire, complete with a tweed jacket, corduroy trousers, and Wellington boots, his hands resting on the worn wooden table in front of him. In one hand, he holds a roll-up cigarette, the tip glowing with a faint orange light. The air around him is thick with the pungent smell of tobacco and the damp, earthy scent of the fenlands. The year was 1992, and poaching in the Cambridgeshire fens was a contentious issue that divided opinion. Some saw poachers as criminal intruders, intent on destroying the delicate balance of the natural world for their own gain. Others, however, viewed them as part of a long and proud rural tradition, men who lived and worked in harmony with the land and its wildlife. Philip Dunn was one such poacher, a man who had spent his entire life in the Cambridgeshire fens, honing his skills as a hunter and a fisherman. He was a familiar face in the local pubs and shops, and his reputation as a skilled and resourceful poacher was the stuff of local legend. Yet despite his obvious pride in his craft, there was a sense of melancholy about him, a hint of sadness in his eyes that spoke of a world that was changing beyond recognition. This portrait captures a moment in time, a fleeting glimpse into the life of a man who embodied the spirit of the Cambridgeshire fens and the rural way of life that was fast disappearing. It is a poignant reminder of a time when the line between man and nature was blurred, and the bonds of tradition and community ran deep.
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