People & Encounters

Laughter at Work

She was working with produce when I began photographing her.

Closer view of the woman laughing at work, with produce, sacks and a brick pillar still visible around her.

At first, her attention remained on the work in front of her. Then she looked toward me. A glance became a smile, and within moments she was laughing.

Another woman beside her began laughing too.

I do not know what they thought of the photographer standing in front of them, and I don't want to invent an explanation. What the photographs preserve is simpler: for a few moments, work was interrupted by laughter shared across the camera.

Woman looking down at the produce she is preparing, seated among vegetables and containers beside a brick pillar.
Woman looking toward the camera while seated among produce and containers under a market roof.
Woman seated among vegetables laughing while holding a knife and produce, with another smiling worker beside her.
Closer view of the woman laughing at work, with produce, sacks and a brick pillar still visible around her.