I made this portrait of the tour guide who accompanied us on the long journey from Chengdu to Chongqing while she waited patiently for stragglers to re-board our tour bus. I framed her within the bus door, capturing her dignity and poise in this image. Making this portrait was easier than most because she spoke fluent English and I had talked with her earlier about photography. She had some idea why I was making so many photographs of her. She knows that I am photographing her from inside the bus, yet she shows no signs of self-consciousness or embarrassment whatsoever. She has a job to do – she must make sure everyone last one of us gets back on this tour bus – and she is intent on doing that job well. Her concentration and patience, along with the context given the picture by the bus and the surrounding parking lot, validate her skill as a professional tour guide.