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Woman walking on a wooden plank carrying a woven basket on her head near a docked boat on a wide river under clear sky.

Steve McCurry, Photographer, New York

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A woman in a pink top carries a large woven basket on her head while walking across a wooden plank from a wooden boat to the riverbank. Several other women are seated on the loaded boat amid stacked goods and produce. Moored riverboats sit in the background along the muddy shore under a clear blue sky. Natural daylight illuminates the scene with warm highlights on the water and vessels. The composition captures a documentary moment along a river.

Keywords

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Styles

DocumentaryHorizontalWarmGolden Hour

Techniques

Analogue / filmNatural light

Background

River

Context

Editorial
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