Documenting Lowcountry shrimping life

It’s getting harder and harder for shrimpers to make a living because they face increasing insurance and gas costs, repairs, regulations and competition from foreign imported shrimp.

What was once a respected way of life on the water is slowly dying, and with it will go one of the icons of Lowcountry life.

That’s why Florida photographer John Adams has taken on the project of documenting the trawlers in his project, “Evanescent Trawlers of the South.” And he’s funding it in a unusual way: He has turned to Kickstarter on the Internet for help with raising money. He is seeking support from communities all along his route, and he’s looking for only modest sums.