Working out on the farm on a hot summer day can be exhausting.

In 1990, I was shooting some photos of a group of men and women chopping up wheat straw for sheep fodder in northern Syria. I was trying to get around the mounds of straw when I heard a rustle in the next mound and this woman’s head popped up. I was sorry to have disturbed her during her hard-earned rest break but she was still rewarded me with a beautiful smile.