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 |