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- Phil Borges,
- Tenzin Gyatso 59, Dharamsala, India
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"Born to a peasant family, he was discovered to be the reincaration of the Buddha of Compassion at the age of two. At four he was installed as the fourteenth Dalai Lama and then as a teenage he faced the invasion of his country. Eight years later he was forced to flee to neighboring India, where he still lives. Our appointment for this portrait was set for the afternoon on the rooftop of his residence. As he approached, I nervously held out my hand to greet him. He avoided it, stuck his fingers in my ribs, let out his famous laugh, and tickled me."
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