The photographer is on high ground in the San Antonio district of Bahia, Brazil looking north-west and showing the north end of the commercial port. track mounted cranes 10 and 11 are on the quay with heaps of coal. Local traders are holding a market at the harbourside and several single masted lateen rigged sailing craft are alongside the quay. In the background is Monte Serrat district with the Forte de Monte Serrat on the headland. A local woman is standing in the left foreground and in the right foreground is a group of six children. Beyond the children is a roofless building with Serraria on it.