Ian Michael Flores
The wreck in full daylight, rusted hull against turquoise water

Aground

The Red Sea coast, Saudi Arabia · 2015
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One ship, listing in shallow water off the beach, photographed from afternoon into the blue hour of 24 May 2015. The light does all the work: the same hull turns to rust, then gold, then a black shape on violet water. People keep arriving on the shore to look at it.

Golden hour, the listing hull close in
Golden hour, the listing hull close in
Two figures on the rocks, the wreck beyond them
Two figures on the rocks, the wreck beyond them
People on the beach at dusk, the wreck out in the bay
People on the beach at dusk, the wreck out in the bay
Low sun, close in on the bow
Low sun, close in on the bow
The sun going down behind the far mountains
The sun going down behind the far mountains
Blue hour, the hull gone to silhouette
Blue hour, the hull gone to silhouette
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