A huge pile of new bricks fills a Shuhe street from curb to curb. This woman will stack and then carry them on her head to a nearby construction site. I fill half of the frame with bricks to stress the huge number of bricks waiting to be stacked and carried. I abstract the woman by shooting her in the shadows, making her a symbol for all who do such work. I photographed her at the very moment she places still another brick on the ever-growing stack.