Rincon, Puerto Rico’s Western Corner
The fishermen begin gathering shortly after dawn. Working together they push a brightly painted boat through the waves before jumping in and rowing out into the turquoise waters, dropping a net to catch fish for the morning market. This is the rhythm of life in Rincon, perched on the western-most tip of Puerto Rico, 100 miles from San Juan. It doesn’t take long for the net to be deployed and for the fishermen to start rowing back towards shore, dragging…