Harrison Schmitt, first scientist-astronaut, standing in the magnificent valley of Taurus-Littrow, station 1, EVA 1, 7-19 December 1972

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1972, numbered "NASA AS17-134-20425" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with numbered NASA caption as well as "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 25,4 x 20,3 cm

Station 1 was located about 150 meters from the northwest rim of Steno Crater, in the middle of the Taurus-Littrow Valley.
When Steno Crater formed, it would have ejected material from below the surface and deposited it in the surrounding region. Samples of this subsurface material had to be collected.
Schmitt is “shaking soil out of the rake to collect a sample of rocks ranging from 1 to 4 centimeters in diameter after making a swath through the surface soil” (ALSJ caption for AS17-134-20425).
West and Old Family Mountain and the left side of the North Massif are in the background (left to right).

From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken:
122:27:08 Schmitt: And, Bob, I’m really only penetrating about, at the most, 3 centimeters into this area with the rake. I’ve picked up a very good sample of boulders (fragments) but most of them were in that distance of the surface and projecting out of it.
122:27:28 Parker (Mission Control): Okay; I copy that.
122:27:31 Schmitt: You ready, Gene?
122:27:33 Cernan: A couple of more (pictures), Jack. (Pause) Okay, coming at you (with a sample bag). Bob, the pan is complete. I’ll give you a frame count shortly.

Literature:
National Geographic, September 1973, pg. 296; Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, pg. 204.