The inner drama is the meaning of the exterior event.

He quickly realized the artistic potential this offered. Siskind's work focuses on the details of nature and architecture. A major character in the film One Hour Photo (about a disturbed photograph developer who stalks what he sees as the perfect family) is named after Siskind.

Siskind is not the main (psychologically disturbed) character nor is the film in any way modeled after the life and works of Aaron Siskind. The character of Mr. Among them the "Harlem Document" remains the most famous.