I was first drawn to this scene because of the ghostly effect the wavy window glass gave to the old buildings in the distance, and the symbolism of the empty frame on the wall next to it. As I was framing the shot, a shadowy face of an Asian woman suddenly appeared in that stained and ghostly window. I made this image just before she disappeared. I recognized her as a fellow photographer – a woman unknowingly standing in for one of those restless spirits that some say still inhabit this ghost town. History tells us that several hundred Asian people actually worked in the Bodie mines in the 1880s, and this house was in the very area where they lived. For me, it was a happy accident. Her ghostly face adds much meaning to this image, no matter how we may choose to interpret it.