This young man is catching a breather beneath the arches supporting Guanajuato’s Church of Valenciana. I made this picture from relatively close range, my zoom set at a normal 50mm range. He was so preoccupied with whatever he was thinking about that he never saw me. If he were looking at the camera, it would no longer be street photography. I had time for one quick shot and reacted instinctively, shooting from the waist. The image is a slice of street life. His hands are poised in the air, about to grab the handles of his bike and pedal away. This gesture creates tension, and energizes the image. I place him off to one side to stress the strange drawing on the wall, and leave plenty of room for the cobblestone street below his feet. Detail tells part of the story as well – the bright yellow bike frame draws the eye, while his hat placement, jauntily skewed to one side, tells us more about his self-image and lifestyle choices.