Upon setting foot in this city, it becomes clear that it is steeped in history. One of the oldest settlements in its country, it is today among the largest cities in the world, and rapid, often unplanned urbanization has vastly outpaced sustainability, threatening the historic buildings and communities that make up its cultural soul. This architect's camera captures a record of the capital's local character that may soon be lost: a woman hangs sheets of polythene to dry and resell, a blind man sings mystic love songs, weary night-shift workers return from a wholesale market in the late morning.