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Archive for May, 2011

Match 116 Pounds

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

The first picture is from the Water in Sahel story…

New Story on Garment Factories

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

So, finally… I think I can go public with it… Here are the pictures of the new story on the ‘Better Factories‘ program, organised by ILO, partly financed by AFD… The story is part of an open-air exhibition which will tour France at the following places at the following dates… BORDEAUX , 21 – 29 […]

Wait…

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The workers from the (accidentally) burned down garment factory June in Phnom Penh have been waiting for hours outside the prison to see their union representative released. She was arrested during a scuffle with the police on sunday, when the workers were demonstrating in front of the factory to obtain a little more severance pay […]

Match 115 with colleagues

Monday, May 9th, 2011

These are from a collection called ‘Dear Colleagues‘… Do you remember the rules for the ‘Match’ series? Rule Nr 1: two pictures, similar in content or style, but taken 15 years apart. Rule Nr 2: rules may be overruled… Just one way to revisit the archive…

Kitsch Pics in Match 114

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

The second pic is from a story I did a couple of months ago on garment factories. Soon to be public… Stay tuned… Do you remember the rules for the ‘Match’ series? Rule Nr 1: two pictures, similar in content or style, but taken 15 years apart. Rule Nr 2: rules may be overruled… Just […]

Before I Left

Friday, May 6th, 2011

I updated my website with a set of pictures on Belgium, nearly all taken before I left or started travelling…

The Rains are coming

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Rainy season is getting into gear… For the second consecutive year, the Boeung Kak Lake residents will face floodings caused by the filling of the lake by development company Shukaku Inc…

World Press Freedom Day

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Well… It was yesterday. But it should be World Press Freedom Day every day in Cambodia… REMEMBER Khem Sambo’s assassination in 2008? Here is some more in Italy…