Ian Michael Flores
Camels on the high rock, the eroded canyon behind them

Between the Wadi and the Sea

Northwest Saudi Arabia · 2015
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Camels running loose over two days in May — first inland, on the rock and among the reeds of a palm wadi, then twenty miles west on the Red Sea shore. Nobody herds them. They simply go where the water is.

A camel among the reeds of the wadi floor
A camel among the reeds of the wadi floor
A pale calf standing in the tall grass, looking back
A pale calf standing in the tall grass, looking back
Two camels walking the path between the reeds
Two camels walking the path between the reeds
At the water's edge, the shallows behind
At the water's edge, the shallows behind
Grazing above the shallows in the last of the light
Grazing above the shallows in the last of the light
A camel in silhouette against the sun on the water
A camel in silhouette against the sun on the water
Last light along the ridge
Last light along the ridge
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