Max smiles at him. "A great teacher can make all the difference in the world in inspiring students to want to learn."

She is sure he'd be a great teacher.

"We're... really lucky at Blackwell - my school - that we have Mark Jefferson to teach the photography courses. He's famous enough that he could have his photos in any gallery he'd want, but I guess he wanted to teach instead."

It's nice to imagine the high end galleries' teeth grinding in frustration, having Mark Jefferson lost to some little nowhere town in coastal Oregon.