I had just finished making a photograph out of one of Hagia Sofia’s thousand year-old windows. A young tourist had been watching me and immediately tried her own hand it with a point and shoot camera. The window was high and she was short, yet she managed to reach the sill. I made this image of her straining to frame her subject, probably one of Hagia Sofia’s minarets. The passion she brings to her photography is palpable. She really cares about making this picture and it shows. For her sake, I hope she got it. Photography has always been interwoven into the fabric of tourism. Some shoot to record what they see, while others shoot to reflect their feelings about what they are seeing. I am guessing she falls in the later category.