❝ Mike, thanks again for your incisive, fantastic edit; it achieves that rare thing in photography where the pictures get better because of the edit. Looking it over, I've tried to squeeze one or two outtakes back in but then quickly see why you excluded them. Your edit feels deliberate and thoughtful, not "from-the-hip." I can also see that you understand my "eye" from the selections that you made. I really appreciate that validation. I hope we can work together again soon. ❞

– Ian Martin, Freelance Photographer, Recipient of The Getty Grant for his work about poor, white South Africans