These ancient buildings display strings of lanterns and golden signs -- a tell tale sign that they have been gentrified for touristic purposes. Yet the rhythms of early morning life on the streets of this village are authentic. The shadowy figures at right are farm workers who could well be figures right out of the 1930s. I was drawn to this subject by the play of color, light, and texture on the building, but it was only an exercise in form until the figures hurried past me into the deep shadows at right. Shadows within shadow, they become abstractions that prove timeless symbols.