Village Life

This is one of my favorite shots from our time at the village. We were invited to a widow's home for breakfast of meat and potatoes, rice bread, and chiyya. It was the tastiest meat and taters breakfast I've had! I helped myself to seconds (which turned out to be a mistake as we were invited to two more homes/meals directly afterward). But back to the photo. This is the widow's daughter Bina doing the dishes against the adobe backdrop of the kitchen. The light was excellent and I snapped a few shots until she looked up with a hint of surprise on her face. Expressions like these are difficult to catch because they are not self-conscious. How rare it is that we are not completely self absorbed!