While photographing the activity at massive construction project on the outskirts of Sucre, I noticed dozens of workers laboring by hand, while only a few workers were using contemporary machinery to ease the burden and increase efficiency. To photographically interpret this situation, I isolate a lone construction worker bending his knees and back to accomplish a task. I contrast him here to the massive power shovel lifting tons of rock just behind him. The bending figure echoes the rhythms of the curves and angles of the machinery looming just behind him. I lead the eye into the frame from the lower left hand corner. A circle of stone provides a base for the figure of the man, and points to a small cone of dirt echoing the triangular shape of the power shovel. I also compare the posture of the bending worker to the posture of the silhouetted worker seated in the relatively comfortable cabin of the huge machine. This resulting image symbolizes how emerging nations, such as Bolivia, must weigh the benefits of expensive technology against what often proves to be the cheaper cost of manpower. In many situations, cheap and abundant manual labor can produce higher profits than investments in expensive machinery.