The Sahel is not a crisis. It is a way of life — one that has always demanded adaptation, endurance, and an intimate relationship with uncertainty. What is changing is the pace.

I spent six weeks travelling by road and on foot through Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, staying in villages where the nearest well had moved three kilometres in a decade.

Shot entirely on Kodak Portra 400 and Ilford HP5. No digital backup.