Accordion Player on Minsk Bridge at Dusk

Wet cobblestones reflect the amber sodium-vapor glow of street lamps along a canal in Minsk. From behind, a musician stands on the bridge, accordion strapped across his back, wearing a heavy winter coat that suggests the chill of early winter. Rain has just ceased, leaving droplets clinging to the gray stone surface and the dark metal railing. The sky above is a heavy, clearing slate of clouds breaking into patches of pale twilight. The musician's posture is still, framed by the curve of the bridge and the deepening shadows of the water below. One reflection of the lamp flickers on the wet stone near his boots.