“TAKE FIVE” Dahab, Egypt — 1st Light Limited Edition Fine Art Print Fine Art Posters

“TAKE FIVE”

Dahab, Egypt — 1st Light

Limited Edition Fine Art Print

THE STORY BEHIND THE ART

This moment happened after the beach, after the waiting, after the threat.

I had left Masbat Beach before first light.
No escort. No protection. No plan that anyone else knew.

Eight kilometres from Dahab town, just beyond the military checkpoint, sits a small roadside service station known locally as Take Five. It looks harmless. That’s what makes it dangerous.

This artwork captures the exact moment I stopped there.

I knew I was being watched.
I knew removal was a possibility.
I knew panic would give them what they wanted.

So I did the opposite.

I sat down.
I ordered a coffee.
I stayed still.

Not because it was safe — but because stillness was the move.

The chair, the cup, the kiosk behind me — all ordinary objects — become symbols of control under pressure. This was not rest. This was a calculated pause. A decision point where discipline mattered more than speed.

Moments later, a black vehicle with Sharm plates passed slowly. The looks were wrong. Predatory. Evaluating. I gave nothing away.

This piece isn’t about running.
It’s about holding position when every instinct tells you to disappear.

That is why this image exists.

THE ARTWORK

• Style: Minimalist, high-contrast, Banksy-adjacent silhouette

• Palette: Desert gold, black, stark white

• Mood: Calm under threat, observation, restraint

• Focus: Human figure vs environment — no faces, no noise, no text

Designed to read instantly from distance and deepen on closer inspection.

EDITION DETAILS

• Sizes available:

  • 16 × 16 inches

  • 24 × 24 inches

  • 30 × 30 inches

• Price:
  £2,500 per piece (same price across all sizes)

• Edition:
  Limited run
  Once sold out, this artwork will never be reprinted

• Finish:
  Museum-grade print
  Archival inks
  Designed for long-term display and collection

COLLECTION CONTEXT

This artwork is part of the DAHAB SERIES — a documented visual record of real events, not imagined scenes.

Each piece stands alone.
Together, they form a timeline of survival, discipline, and decision-making under extreme pressure.

WHY THIS PIECE MATTERS

Most people think survival looks like movement.
This proves sometimes it looks like sitting down and not blinking.

If you understand this piece, it wasn’t made for you by accident.

Created for the creators, designed for the artists - our blank posters put the gallery-grade paper at your disposal so that you can print all your works in exquisite detail and with high-end archival quality. Equipped with a smooth, matte surface, your artwork is printed with the Giclée technique for crisp color fidelity on par with Fine Art printing standards

.: Material: gallery-grade 220 gsm fine art paper
.: Giclée print quality
.: Smooth matte finish
.: Available in 19 sizes 
.: Horizontal, vertical and square options
.: Blank product sourced from the United Kingdom

EU representative: A1 Who Dares Wins Ltd , info@a1whodareswins.com, Chadstones , The Hangar, Hadley Park E, Hadley , Telford , ENG, TF16QJ, GB

Product information: Generic brand, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Warnings, Hazard: No restrictions, Blank product sourced from the United Kingdom

Care instructions: If the poster does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, dry cloth. Recommend framing to protect.