Chabahar
“Makran Coast”
CATEGORY
Environment / Documentary
YEAR
2025
LOCATION
Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Makran Coast
Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
A documentary photographic collection from Chabahar, on the Makran coast of southeastern Iran, exploring the meeting point of the Oman Sea, desert landscapes, dramatic geological formations, coastal communities, and Balochi culture. The collection includes the distinctive Martian Mountains and their eroded formations, the pink waters and wetlands of Lipar Lagoon, the beaches and rocky coastline of the Oman Sea, and the fishing landscapes of places such as Beris Port. It also documents the historic village of Tis, the Tis Portuguese Fortress, traditional coastal settlements, fishermen, boats, local people, and everyday life along the Makran coast. Through a documentary perspective, these photographs present Chabahar not simply as a coastal destination, but as a living landscape where ocean, desert, history, geology, local culture, and contemporary life come together.
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Individual plates and standalone studies curated within this collection monograph. Each frame represents an authentic master study.
A solitary figure stands at the water's edge on the sandy coast of Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan, while a small boat with three passengers rests nearby, set against the backdrop of the city's bustling large sea pier at dusk.
At the Darya Bozorg pier in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, two young local boys work together to pull a heavy wheeled wooden trailer across the muddy coastal shore of the Oman Sea.
A young Baloch girl, dressed in vibrant traditional attire, smiles gently at the camera on the beach of Chabahar city, Sistan and Baluchestan province, as the sun sets in the background.
Three local Balochi men gather on a street in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, with one man engrossed in his smartphone while two elders observe. A vibrant storefront filled with goods frames the background.
A local Baluch fabric seller smiles warmly while surrounded by rolls of colorful textiles in a street market in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
Numerous traditional fishing boats, locally known as lanch, are moored along the bustling Beris Port in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, with motorcycles parked alongside the concrete embankment and a prominent light-colored cliff forming the backdrop under a clear sky.
A high-angle view of the turquoise waters of Beris Port in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, where local fishing boats and traditional dhows anchor near the dramatic, eroded sandstone cliffs of the Makran coast.
A young boy, dressed in local attire, confidently leaps from a vibrantly painted traditional fishing boat onto the tiled small sea jetty in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, with other colorful vessels moored nearby under a clear sky.
Two traditional boats rest on the sandy shore of Chabahar at twilight, silhouetted against the fading light of the sky, with distant city lights and industrial structures along the horizon.
White foamy waves of the Arabian Sea gently meet a sandy cove, framed by rugged, textured rock formations along Chabahar's Darya Bozorg coastline.
A young boy stands confidently behind a display of fresh fish in the Chabahar Fish Market, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, as an older man sits in the background.
A young vendor proudly displays his fresh catch of large prawns for sale at the bustling fish market in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
An elderly fisherman meticulously mends his green nets on the sandy shore of the Oman Sea at Daray Kuchak pier in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, as other fishermen work with their boat in the distance.
Amidst the warm glow of a Chabahar sunset, several individuals collectively pull a small boat from the water onto the shore, with the city's pier and distant construction cranes silhouetted against the horizon in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
An aerial view reveals numerous fishing boats and smaller dinghies dotting the teal waters of Beris Port in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, framed by distinct pale rock formations along the coastline.
Fishermen work together to push a small boat on wheels across the sandy pier at the Big Sea dock in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, as other boats rest under makeshift shelters.
A local man walks along the sandy coast of Chabahar in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, as a traditional wooden lenj vessel rests near the shore at twilight.
Fishermen and their traditional wooden boats gather at a small pier in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, reflecting daily life along the coast.
On a traditional lenj boat docked in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan, a crew member finds a moment of rest sleeping on a bench while another stands observing the sandy shore.
A group of cheerful boys gathers on the sandy ground near the great sea pier in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, their smiles reflecting the coastal community's spirit.
Three men stand on the brightly painted deck of a vessel, partially sheltered by a torn orange tarp, at the bustling Chabahar port in southeastern Iran.
A local fisherman stands by his small boat at Chabahar's small sea pier, with traditional dhows docked in the background under a clear sky in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
Sunlight shimmers across the water and wet sand of Chabahar's rocky shoreline, highlighting the texture of the rocks and the gentle foam of the incoming waves, at what is also known as Big Sea Beach.
An adult in traditional attire guides a young child along a concrete pier, passing a large, weathered wooden boat docked at Chabahar's small sea harbor in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
A young Baloch man sits behind his vibrant street stall, offering colorful blended drinks to passersby on a busy street in Chabahar city, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
A musician performs traditional music on a stringed instrument in the historic Telegraph House in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan, as onlookers capture the moment on their smartphones.
A local fisherman in traditional attire stands among wooden boat-hauling trailers on the sandy shore of the Darya Bozorg jetty in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Under a warm twilight sky in Sistan and Baluchestan province, two local fishermen prepare their small motorboat near the industrial docks of the Darya Bozorg jetty in Chabahar, Iran.
A person stands with their back to the viewer, gazing thoughtfully at the calm, rippling teal waters of the Oman Sea at Darya Kuchak pier in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
A view of the Tis Grand Mosque in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, with new construction framing its minaret and domes against a backdrop of rocky mountains and developing residential areas.
A traditional wooden Lenj boat rests in the shallow waters near the shore of the Darya Bozorg coast in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, during the quiet hours of twilight.
A young Balochi fisherman proudly displays a large fresh catch on the wooden deck of his boat at the Darya Bozorg dock in Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
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