Photo with essay posted in December 2020

Pointing my camera at the Becak driver, he gave me a powerful thumbs up

In front of the station in Cirebon, porters in matching shirts were waiting for customers to come

In front of the station in Cirebon, there were many Becak waiting for customers

The windows of the train stopping at Cirebon station showed the platform

I found myself looking out the window of the express train at rice paddies filled with water

A motorcycle was speeding down a country road that stretched into the fields beside the railroad tracks

A man with what looked like a large contraption was walking along the pathway between fields

The inside of the empty express train car was modern and clean

Jakarta's commuter trains have women-only cars

The conductor of the express train coming into Gambir station was in full uniform

The newsstand on the sidewalk at the intersection sold many newspapers and magazines

The man sitting on a chair on the sidewalk smiled at me and gave me a peace sign

There were two men working together at a food stall in the middle of the sidewalk

The man in a red shirt was assembling shutters at a construction site

The owner of the food stall was relaxing behind his stall, waiting for customers

Behind a deserted food stall a sleeping person's feet could be seen

The alleyway between the high walls had few windows and a sense of entrapment

The man who sat down in front of the Aquarium was grinning

In the back of a cart parked on the side of the road, a man was napping

In the alleyway in the residential area were a number of laundry hanging out to dry

The cat appeared out of nowhere in a narrow alley between a wall and dwellings

A mobile food stall was also placed at the entrance of the cluttered alley

Peddlers on the side of the road in a residential area peddling their wares with a carrying pole

Mobile stalls were placed on the roadside in a residential area

Along the road stood brown tile-roofed houses

The man sat on his front porch in the middle of the alley, playing his guitar

The girl I met in the alley pulls out a peace sign without smiling

The dirty waterway with a surface covered with oil flowed through the residential area

In a jumbled alleyway, the man had a side job in seal removal

The alleyway along the river was roofed and made for people to relax