Tyre & Naqoura, Lebanon, 2018. The journey begins in Tyre, among fishing boats, painted walls and Roman stones, on beaches crowded with families. Heading south, the crowds thin out, colour gives way to the white of the cliffs, and lifeguard towers give way to watchtowers. The road narrows between checkpoints towards Naqoura, home to the UN peacekeepers’ headquarters, which I could only reach with a military pass. Then it stops at a barrier, a few kilometres short of the Blue Line, the UN-drawn line between Lebanon and Israel. Since then, war has returned to the South, and the peacekeepers are preparing to leave. These images show the coast as it was, just before.
