Istanbul’s street markets are chaotic jumbles of people and merchandise on the move. I tried to capture the flavor of one such street here, focusing on a man determinedly pulling a huge load of bales in a wagon, very much as men have done in Istanbul for a thousand years. There is tension in his face and arms, and that tension is echoed by the tension in the plastic bag being dragged through the foreground. The head of an intense young man adds additional context – he seems to be pushing the cart from behind.