To better understand what Mr. Smith is asking of strangers that are both subjects and collaborators and to properly illustrate the project clearly for participants, he played the part of subject. While friend and fellow poet Graham Isaac (somewhereincolorado.blogspot.com)was kind enough to enact the role of photographer and writer.

• Step One: Photographing a Stranger 
• Step Two: Editing the Emailed Poem
• Step Three: Redacting the Poem
• Step Four: Portrait and Redacted Poem