The Weight of Commerce explores the relationship between the human body, labour and informal economies. Through portraits of street vendors carrying their merchandise, the series examines how commerce becomes physically embodied. Textiles, personal-care products and household goods are transformed into extensions of the people who transport them, turning ordinary acts of trade into powerful images of resilience, dignity and survival.
The photographs move beyond the documentation of street markets to consider what people carry in order to sustain themselves and their communities. Each load represents more than merchandise: it carries economic necessity, personal ambition, cultural identity and the invisible weight of livelihood.
A vendor balances an expansive display of personal-care products while moving through the streets, capturing the energy, dignity and resilience of informal commerce.
A street vendor carries a vibrant collection of textiles, turning everyday goods into a visual expression of labour, movement and livelihood.
