On the topic of “someone else’s eyes”… I have an assignment that I give to my students in my History of Photography class. They have to research the work of a photographer whose images really move them, and then make several images in the style of that photographer. The idea is to go out to make photographs and get out of their own skin. How would Bresson respond to this place? I always get some interesting responses to the assignment, primarily because the student’s work is usually some hybrid of what they want to do and what their chosen photographer would do.

Your idea of a collaborative image is another interesting exercise along the same lines as my history assignment… working through the process of editing out what you don’t need for a photograph with someone else’s eyes… a nice idea.

You know… I *do* have some ideas of books that I think are pretty useful for every photographer to have… and I think that sounds like a great topic for a podcast. Look for it soon!

-Jeff

On a completely different subject, I’ve been meaning to ask you for a long time, do you have a list of books you think every photographers library should include?

Thanks again for another great podcast.

Don