A flock of sheep in search of buyers has just been unloaded at Tineghir’s weekly market. The sheep are context here – it is the gestures of the sellers that I was interested in photographing. Each of the eight people in this image is playing a role in the unfolding story. The most forceful gesture comes from the man in the middle. He seems to be in command, summoning his sheep to gather round and notifying potential customers to come and have a look. Meanwhile, money already seems about to change hands – the man at far right forcefully expresses his preferences with a single digit. The other six people are, for the moment anyway, more passive participants. The man at far left is a shepherd – he carries a stick in his hand. Moments after I made this shot, he took over and marched the entire flock away from this parking area. Meanwhile, a young boy uses both of his hands to guide a wandering sheep back to the flock. The other three people have already done their jobs – they wait for further orders. This array of gestures tells the story of a moment in time, and does so in very human terms.