My
name is Thomas Brooks. I am 19 years old and live just outside
Brighton in Sussex England.
I
am about to begin a degree in photography at Kent Institute
of Art and Design. I am hoping to pursue a career in photojournalism
even though I am frequently told that it's a fast fading trade.
I
spent some months traveling abroad with my camera down the east
coast of Australia and through South East Asia. I met some amazing
people, surfed most of the east coast of Australia, traveled
up the mekong delta on a cargo boat, (rescued an ineberiated
Bo, my guide, from drowning, and drank
too much rice wine and banna rum myself with the crew and was
hospilized in Saigon suffering from severe dehydration and food
poisoning!). Learned to speak Pidgin Laos and experienced the
Buddist new year. I ate bugs in Thailand, became a qualified
diver, swam with sharks, got attacked by a trigger fish, learned
that Quebec really isn't part of Canada (so I was repeatedly
told) and that Americans are Canadians in Vietnam... and a million
other things.
Dan
Eldon's photography and journals had a very deep influenceon
my decision to pursue photography as a career and to travel.
