At the heart of this market is a flight of stairs leading to the Seoul Subway. Over the steps was a large advertisement, featuring a seductive model. People were constantly coming and going around this entrance, and I was able to find moment in time that weaves its meaning through six separate layers of people. A foreground layer holds the softly focused back of a person in a purple coat. That person represents all of us. He or she sees what we would see if we were there. In the primary layer, a young man with a backpack, is trying to dodge cars as he tries to cross the street. The morning light catches his face and highlights it, making him the focal point of the image. A car enters the image at right, a surreal reflection of this young man etched on one of its windows. At far left, in a supplementary layer, a man leaves the scene – he has turned his back on all that is going on behind him. The advertisement provides another significant layer. The large Korean words offer a sense of location, and the huge face of the woman fixes its gaze on the young man trying to cross the street. He does not look back at her. Finally, in the pictures final layer, the tiny face of a woman emerges from the depths of the subway. She will soon have to find her way through the crowds herself. Taken together, these layers form a street photograph that expresses the swirl of activity that surrounds this marketplace.