He is a very interesting guy. You might ask him about doing a guest lecture for one of your classes. You will almost never find a published image from him. He sells limited edition books -- usually sold out BEFORE he takes a trip -- for several thousand dollars each, and each one is an extraordinary piece of art beyond the photography in it. He only shoots a scene -- usually a Japanese garden -- once. He will go to a garden for days at a time, explore every inch, every angle, sketch it out, and the when the time is right, expose one image. The exposure is several minutes (like 15-30) at f128 or so (if memory serves).
When I first met him I was shooting mostly ski racing, considered a Canon 1v barely fast enough (though none of my Nikons had a drive) and rarely shot above f4 or f5.6.
I remember being stunned that not a single one of his pictures had people in it. When I asked about it he said he simply closes the shutter, waits for them to leave, and opens the shutter again.
