Cassandra Volpe Horii is the Associate Vice Provost for Education at Stanford and co-author of an innovative book on teaching through photographs. Martin Springborg, the Interim Dean of Liberal Arts and STEM at Dakota County Technical College, also contributed to this work. Together, they discuss how documentary photography can transform teaching practices, revealing the emotional depths of learning environments. They emphasize the importance of personalized classroom spaces, reflection in education, and the insights gained from visual documentation.