cars

A derelict bus overgrown with brambles stands at the side of the road. It is winter, and both the brambles and a tree standing behind the bus are devoid of leaves.

In a rural mountain valley, a road stretches ahead straight as a string. To the left of the road is an industrial lot with a dozen or so out-of-service vans parked in a row next to a large rubbish tip.

A mini-van in a lot of used vehicles, with a Japanese flag raised on the antenna, and an upside-down image of Mickey Mouse on a sunshade showing through the windshield.

A mini-truck in a lot of used vehicles, with hubcaps and other scrap piled in the bed, and a wooden sign propped up facing the camera, reading (in English translation) “Singh Trading / Baldev Signh” with land-line and cell numbers.