Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Boris Influences

Boris advises what made him the man he is today:

1) The films of Woody Allen & Wim Wenders. In particular Manhattan and Annie Hall.

2) The short stories of J D Salinger, the teaching of Sue Woolfe, the otherness of Paul Auster and Haruki Murakami.

3) Leica Photography, Capa and daido moriyama photos.

4) The places Coromandel Valley , Kiribilli & McMahons Point.

5) The feeling of England 1977 to 1979. Pre Thatcher. Strikes. A cold winter and a drought. The Silver Jubilee. I am alive.

6) Thailand 2000 to 2002. Restructuring Thailand's worst company. Riots, haircuts and fake smiles. Grey safari suits. rocket grenades adn body guards' stories of the Lao Cambodian border. Gem stone stories.

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