I found a postcard photograph titled "Tudia de Loja, Ecuador" (c. 1935–1955, Fototecnia Stein, Quito) in the Rijksmuseum's public-domain collection. My grandparents are from Loja, so I imagined the life of this young woman and a "White Nights"-style love story set in an Andean plaza, where she falls for someone who is waiting for someone else. I built the "Warm Folk Realistic" Style from this reference, keeping its warm film tones, grain and documentary realism. Then I used it to tell her story across the series.

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