With a nail in his mouth, this electrician is poised to install the first of a number of hanging lamps outside a Pingyao restaurant. (He probably serves its meals as well, and perhaps even cooks them. The operative word in a small, remote city such as Pingyao is versatility.) A series of horizontal rhythms is stacked from the top to the near bottom of this photograph. A double row of sockets and decorative embellishments offers rhythmic repetition that carries the eye across the top of the image. The electrician’s hands break the rhythm at the center, calling attention to his task. The arms of the electrician complete an arch that links with the electrical wire. The circular lampshade repeats the shape of the circular embellishments above it. And the characters spelling out the name of the restaurant rhythmically flow across the lower half of the image. All of this offers counterpoint to the expression on the face of the electrician.