When the Fisherman was brought to its permanent location in 2006, one of the members of the Board of the City of Rotterdam came up with the idea to donate a second Fisherman to Istanbul. It would be built in a similar way to the one in Rotterdam and be transported straight through Europe along the rivers connecting Rotterdam and Istanbul.
At that time, a number of cities located along the route were European Cultural Capitals. One option for the project was to have student participants begin with the feet in Rotterdam and gradually more parts would be added by other students in other cities, piece by piece.
I paid for all of the expenses for the first Fisherman myself but did not feel I should do that again. Still, to get started I began to make lots of pictures along the river to prepare for a possible presentation, as well as to get an idea of the actual route the new Fishermen would have to travel and any obstacles that might be encountered along the way.
The collection of pictures is still growing and eventually there will be a publication made of them.
