The photographer is on board the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orford (1928) under way in the Bosphorus, Turkey. He is looking aft and to port from above the boat deck showing the port lifeboats 6, 8 and 10 under their davits. The boiler room ventilator cowls are on the left and two women are playing deck quoits in the foreground. The precise location in the Bosphorus is unknown.