The nature of this country’s vibrant, yet delicate economy is clearly evident in my images, including this photograph of a determined young man at work on the back of a vintage cement mixer in the small Mekong Delta city of Vinh Long. I saw him working but he stopped just as I raised the camera, and pointed at me with a smile. As I found in many other instances, the Vietnamese are so proud of being photographed by visitors that they stopped whatever they may have been doing and posed for me. This worker spent several minutes alternately self-consciously pretending to work and simply grinning at me. I kept on shooting him, knowing that eventually he would tire of the game and get back to work. Finally, he did just that. He geared up the ancient cement mixer and a look of concern and determination came to his face. He had forgotten all about me, and that’s when I made this photograph. If you desire credibility in your own images of people at work, it is a good idea to spend awhile getting them used to your presence. Eventually your subjects should gradually drift back to work, and then you can make images that tell the story of what is actually happening, instead of just a picture of somebody having their picture taken.