23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Noontime Pause

Inside Cusco’s covered San Pedro Market, locals gather at a modest food stall where daylight filters sparsely through the structure, casting subtle shadows among the crowd. The vendor, focused on serving fresh homemade soup, anchors a communal moment as people huddle together beneath hanging goods and fluorescent lamps. Illuminated only by practical fixtures and faint daylight, this scene captures the understated, everyday warmth and routine of Peruvian market life.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: cusco, Peru
Camera: NIKON Z 7_2
Copyright: © Alexandre Brisson