Gifts for Everyone
Budapest, Hungary
2011
A woman surveying the fare at the local gift shop on Váci utca, the pedestrianized main tourist street in Budapest. She was either over-dressed for the weather in her trench-length down coat (it was chilly, but not that chilly), or running around the streets in her housecoat, I couldn’t quite tell. I had no interest in shopping at the tourist traps but appreciated them nonetheless because they posted all their signage in English, so I actually felt literate for a change.