Small happiness in the fields

Photo A beautiful and realistic eye-level view of a middle-aged Thai woman with a happy and spontaneous smile. She meditates neatly on 2 stacked straw bales. In a recently finished harvested rice field in rural Thailand.

She wore a Northern or Northeastern native dress (dark blue short-sleeved round neck top and porcelain native woven silk skirt) with a wide-brimmed weave hat made of straw and light blue rubber sandals.

On one hand she holds a small bunch of woven jasmine and marigold inflorescences with a dried corn tree next to her; she is posing comfortably and looking at the camera with friendly eyes.

Around her are other elements of farm life: an old wooden spade placed slanted on the left, and a woven wicker basket filled with fresh herbs and kitchen garden vegetables (such as kha, lemongrass and basil) placed on the right.

Behind it is a vast field with dry, golden-yellow stubble, contrasting with a towering mountain with dense forest cover under a partly clouded sky, in the midst of a quiet and natural atmosphere, two straw-roofed bamboo huts (arguing fields) are located in the distance, with two buffalo grazing next to the huts.

Soft sunshine, shining afternoons hit the girl's face and fields, giving the image a warm and lively color; the details of straw surfaces, woven fabrics and vegetable plants are clear and natural, with tiny dust floating in the air to give it a sense of reality (such as the documentary portate photography style).