Once, when I was a photography student in 2008 during my first year of studies, I often went to the library to look at photo books.
I was particularly drawn to a few books that caught my attention; I still remember some of them today. Back then, there was a book by the film director Wim Wenders, whom I was a fan of, mostly because of his film ‘Paris, Texas’.

I saw the film at high school and it had a deep influence on me, especially as I was in the cinema department of an art high school.
I made films, wrote scripts and directed them. I was the only pupil in the department allowed to write and direct for three consecutive years; usually, we were expected to rotate through all production roles. But I loved writing scripts, and even more than that, I loved watching films.

'Paris, Texas' inspired me to venture beyond my comfort zone. I wanted to travel to the US, explore, write and take photos, and ultimately direct a film in the style of Wim Wenders. I was probably 17 at the time. I never did that. In fact, I never wrote any more scripts after high school, which is something I deeply regret. When I found Wenders' book Once, it brought back memories of the daydreaming high school student I was, with little stories starting with Once.