American photographer Bill Cheney is leaning on a boat on the quayside in Paris that belongs to the Brigade fluviale - the Paris River Police, the special rescue service for people who have fallen into the river Seine. In this case a lady by chance dropped her handbag into the Seine. A diver has decided to put on his diving suit, dive into the Seine and find the handbag. Cheney is clutching an Asahi Pentax SV camera and is waiting to photograph the action. Port des Saints-Peres, 6e arrondissement, Left Bank, Paris, France, 1963.