Title: Sharjah

Location: Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates

"This photograph was taken on a warm May morning in 2025, just after sunrise on the coast of Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates. Earlier, we had been photographing a group of teenage boys riding their Arabian horses at full speed along the beach, rearing, racing, and showing off their wild energy. Once the saddles came off, the boys led their horses into the sea to cool down.

In this frame, I captured a fleeting moment of play, one boy balancing on the back of his horse in the shallows, silhouetted against the rising sun. 

Just after this shot, he front-flipped into the water. The combination of golden light, movement, and raw spontaneity gives the photograph a sense of freedom and timelessness, one of those rare moments I knew would be special the instant I pressed the shutter."

Connor Langford is represented by NM Productions.