Tourist snaps

Trevor @ Thursday July 29th 2004 18:10

Brian in London is photographing the Billion Monkeys. My strategy is not as chic but does suppose some material benefits: I have spent recent years in The Hague, Cambridge, the City and now Barcelona attempting to get included in Japanese tourist photos–preferably in an attitude implying some intimacy–so that when I go to Kyoto everyone will assume they already know me and buy me lots of beer. All I need now is for an arts organisation to pay the airfare.


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