Photo by someone you should read about below
As I showered in prepartion for the the birthday party of Joe Cummings (for those of you who don’t know who he is, if you traveled to Thailand, hell, most of SE Asia and even Mexico in the past 15 years, he was the Lonely Planet author…ask Leonardo DiCaprio) there was a knock on Nym’s door and in walked James Nachtwey – as in, perhaps one of the most devastatingly brutal and honest photographers to walk the earth. Ask Time Magazine, they brought him on board. The Magazine Photographer of the Year….7 times. The Leica award…twice. Oh yeah, and that small thing called a TED prize.
He popped in, having just flown from India. Just to say hi to Nym.
Should you be anywhere, and I mean, anywhere near Stockholm on the 27th of September, visit his exhibition at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm. Even if it means a flight from Brazil.
I get to meet both of these guys for no other reason than having mutual friends?
Yay, mutual friends, then.
[Update]
2 hours after writing this we shared popcorn with a Senator in the elevator and that night discussed Vikings and the cultural differences of menstration practice with a former Miss Thailand.
Am starting to see why people come here for a holiday and…well, stay.
Hey Aric
I am so jealous – you met one of the most awesome photo reporters ever! I watched a documentary on him a few years ago. It’s a wonder this man does not have post traumatic stresss disorder with all the things he has already seen. Thanks for the TED award video. This guy is just amazing.
I wouldn’t have minded meeting Joe Cummins either by the way. A man who knows a thing or two about my wife’s country. His writings have guided me on many a mile in Thailand. Unfortunately not all people who buy his books actually read them. We once saw an Australian woman with his book in a restaurant. She ordered fried rice, asked for ketchup and ruined the rice with it and ate the whole mess with chopsticks. These are the travelers I love to hate. I’m drifting off course here……
Maybe you should re-think your membership of PAD. Not that I am a supporter of Samak or his party but you may want to read the PADs party program, what with democrazy having failed and the need for a more strong-handed government or best another military coup (hello dictatorship).
Anyhow, enjoy your trip. You seem to be making a lot of iot.