Mail Merge Proof Tray in Mbuji-Mayi Office

Cool daylight fills an open-plan office bay in Mbuji-Mayi, illuminating a work surface where a mail-merge proof tray sits ready for processing. Stacks of white card stock rest beside sheets of Velcro, while sheets of printer labels and a handled cardboard box lie in neat arrangement. The neutral strip lighting above casts soft, warm shadows that pool around the edges of the materials, against the diffuse gray light from the rainy season outside. Leading lines formed by the alignment of the boxes and the rows of labels draw toward the center of the desk. The surfaces show the slight sheen of fresh paper and the matte texture of the cardboard. A faint reflection of the overhead fixtures glimmers on the smooth edge of the printer label sheet.