This is a YouTube video titled "Books That Changed My Life: Reto Sterchi & Guy Bourdin: A Message For You Pt.1" containing an interview or talk where a speaker discusses their early experiences with photography and the influence of Michael Gomez on their artistic development. The content appears to be a personal or artistic reflection rather than a multi-speaker conversation involving Chris Collins.
Tell me about Michael Gomez and what was his impact on you? Oh, huge impact. In Nashville, I picked up a still camera because I took headshots of my girlfriend, and her agent was good friends with the photographer, who was like, oh, man, you need to, like, do more of this. You got it. You're good at this. So I went to this guy's studio, but he wasn't shooting in there. He was painting. He was like, here's a brush. Just paint. So I helped him paint for a day, and after the day, he was like, here's the key to the studio. You can use it whenever you want. That's sort of like when I started. What happens to you at 18 or 19 after this? How does it change your relationship with the camera? Yeah, I think, man.
