To get a deeper understanding of such a different culture from his own, Zachmann simultaneously set about tracing his own Jewish roots through photographing a series on the Jews in France.
為了能深入瞭解另一種文化，他同時也為自己尋根，拍攝一系列法國猶太人的照片；也為尊重客觀事實，中國人專輯命名為「大鼻子的眼睛」。