At 5:45 a.m.Tuesday morning, Margie sprints out of bed to wash and dress herself for her second day of job training at CARA in downtown Chicago. Olive Branch Mission, Chicago. 1999

Donna Ferrato captured this photograph, sometime in the late twentieth century, probably with a 35mm camera, in Chicago. It's stark, real, and, like any good picture, hits you right in the gut. The high contrast, the way the light falls across the faces, it all feels so raw and immediate. The texture of the photograph gives everything a kind of graininess, like you could almost feel the grit of the place. Look at the woman in the center, caught in this moment of early morning stress and anxiety, her face a mix of exhaustion and determination. The title gives the image a kind of tension, the sprint to the job, is it to freedom? Ferrato's work often focuses on the everyday struggles and resilience of women. You see echoes of photographers like Nan Goldin, who also captured the raw, unfiltered moments of people on the margins. Art isn't about answers, it's about questions.