With the darkened saturation the eye is drawn toward the more flamboyant colors of the robe that the girl wears while she walks down the worn road. It can be inferred that the girl hails from the working class and the photographer illustrates her status through her arduous work while wearing what appears to be traditional African clothing which must cost more than a person living in poverty can afford. Attention in the photo is initially drawn to the striding girl, being the brightest color within the photo, but the vector of attention points in the direction of the road that the girl is walking. With a grave expression on her face, the girl walks away from the camera. The cropping of the photo leaves a gap of space in a sense narrating a small part of the girls journey, taking attention away from the items she carries atop of her head and focuses on where the girl is heading with her package. The vectors of attention cleverly divert the viewer's attention away from the first noticeable figure to where the figure ventures, telling the story of the figure within the photograph.
Shrouded in the background of the photo, there are a few scattered white building that may be assumed to be a village. The vectors of attention subtly shift from the foreground allowing the element of the village in the background to continue the story that the foreground initiated. The village in the background adds a malicious overtone to the photo, referring to the violent history surrounding Rwanda in 1994, with the hidden village and desolate condition of the road on which the girl is walking. The road has been under cared for and the hidden village hints at the fact that possibly the people living there might be trying to hide from someone. As a whole the photo illustrates the desolation and abandonment of the people of Rwanda after the genocide of a people that lost more than the people killed during the actual act; the orphaned children of Rwanda subtly capture the fear prevalent two years after the genocide in Rwanda.