“The last time I photographed Joni, as she was leaving the studio, she turned around and looked me in the eye and said, ‘So Norman, what have you learned after all these years of working on yourself?’ I laughed it off and didn’t answer at the time. In my most recent book, published in 2018, the storyline commentary describes my experience working with great artists that I call ‘boundary dweller creators,’ willing to jump into the unknown and go beyond boundaries that most people don’t cross. It took a couple decades, but that was my answer to her question. This image is a direct lift from the contact sheet (opposite) that I had marked with a grease pencil to provide selects for printing.” Photo: Norman Seef