The carpet salesmen of Istanbul are fiercely competitive. They engage passing tourists in conversations, virtually begging them to stop and haggle. I heard my friend Tim May telling one of them that he already had three fine Turkish carpets at home, but the salesman was not finished with him. “Why not a fourth?” he asked. In this image I show them outside of their shop, one resting on a window ledge, and two others waiting to pounce near the entrance. By making this image at night, I am able to abstract much of the scene through backlighting and showcase the carpets as context. There seemed to be very little action – most of the tourists had long since left the sightseeing trail.