In this part of Bolivia, children get to school in crowded trucks. The vivid colors of the clothing and the truck itself contrast to the pale colors of the bleak landscape that characterizes the Bolivian Altiplano. The presence of a new sidewalk in what appears to be an undeveloped area is also incongruous. This truck had stopped for a rest break, which tells us that the distances these children must travel are significant. It leaves a trail of exhaust behind it as it rumbles away. At least a dozen children are left behind – another truck will pick them up and take them to another destination. The interpretive strength of this image rests in its depiction of the unfamiliar world that is the Bolivian Altiplano. These children go back and forth to school in trucks traveling long distances at a 13,000 feet altitude. They are used to it. For them, such journeys are a fact of life. That is how my image interprets it as well.