A long narrow alley between a busy city street and the Mekong River gives me an opportunity to frame a woman doing her washing as if we were looking at her through a keyhole. The jagged sides are the result of twists and turns in the alley itself, which, in turn, reshape the Mekong itself into a long reflection-filled sliver of water. Without the woman in the conical hat, the image would not say what it says – this is a quick and narrow glimpse of daily life in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, where the Mekong and hard work combine to become the washing machine.