Market Day in Moreton

Dana has an appreciation of irony in her photography and an eye for ordinary moments that reveal, playfully but insightfully, the stages of life through which we all pass. In this photograph, shot in Moreton-in-Marsh in England's Cotswolds Hills in the summer of 2009, an old woman bikes into town for the centuries-old Tuesday market, defying the notion of "Elderly People" inching across the street aided by a cane suggested by the delightfully English road sign. I love the way the line of cars climbing up the road--also heading into town for the market--appears to trail behind the old woman. When one considers that Moreton was granted its market charter in 1227 AD, the procession into town from the surrounding countryside, here led by an old woman on a bicycle in 2010, is a long one, rich in history and ritual.

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Photo by Dana Angotti-Novick