Gold on brown.

Two triangle bikinis in chocolate Lycra, the cups worked in gold beads and sequins: Boho with flowers, Oxum with fans of thread, sharing its name with the orixá of rivers and gold.

The day runs along one coast. Head tipped back on the sand. Lying on one elbow at the waterline. A silk scarf against the noon sun. Wet hair and a shell on a cord. A straw hat. Two friends against a white wall, and the tops drying on a line above the bay.

The light is hard and the skin keeps its salt. Close frames show the beadwork at hand height; wide ones show how the cut sits on the hip.