Walton Ford. Pancha Tantra

Walton Ford , born 1960, studied filmmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, but soon realized he was a painter. For the last 25 years he has been creating large-scale narrative watercolors. His work has been widely exhibited, including solo shows at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

Bill Buford is an author and New Yorker staff writer, as well as the founding editor of Granta , which he edited for 16 years. His books include Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as a Kitchen Slave . He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.