A mother clutches her sleeping child while waiting for baskets to be unloaded at Luang Prabang's market. Of all the images I made on this trip, this one reflected the greatest sense of responsibility. A mother must protect her children, care for them, and provide for them. This woman is doing all three here. She works in this market, and whatever may be in those baskets, or perhaps just the baskets themselves, must be essential to her livelihood. The truck that towers over her is overloaded with baskets – she seems overwhelmed by their massive scale. It gives the feeling that the world as she knows it is closing in on her. She was one of many people waiting for those baskets to be unloaded. Her embrace is extremely protective. Her determined expression implies that somehow she will endure. Threat, responsibility, protection, care, and endurance are all human values, and I tried to put them all into this image.