Steve McCurry, Photographer, New York

Description

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.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Warm, Golden Hour

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

River

Context

Editorial