Night Fisherman Under Tunis Prayer Flags

Steel-blue ambient light washes the face of a weathered fisherman standing beneath fluttering prayer flags near Tunis. The man holds a lantern that casts half his features into deep shadow while the other side glows with warm amber light. Above him, a frozen lightning bolt branches visibly across the sky, its jagged white veins cutting through the heat haze without illuminating the ground. Early summer air shimmers around the subject, who stands at the frame's edge with dignity. The prayer flags display faded reds and blues against the darkening city lights in the background. One reflection of the lightning streaks across the wet surface of a wooden boat beside him.