Morning and evening light in San Miguel's clear air and high altitude illuminates the warm colors of its buildings, the colorful clothing of its residents, and casts long and mysterious shadows. I find the man’s sharply defined shadow to be aggressive, perhaps even somewhat threatening. Yet the soft shadow on the right hand side of the image seems more of a mystery than a threat. The man is pinned between both shadows, and framed by the black hole of the doorway behind him. He is so relaxed that he notices none of this. But as photographers, we must notice such things. The meaning of our pictures depends on them.