‘Royal Silence’ is an e-book for the iPad with 185 photographs by John Vink about King Norodom Sihanouk’s passing away in October last year, marking the end of an era for the Cambodians. It contains photographs of the King upon his return from exile in 1991, as well as from the massive crowds grieving the […]
‘Same Same’ is an e-book, exclusively for the iPad, with a set of paired photographs, taken at least 10 years apart. A reflection on predestination in photography. It is available on iTunes at this link.
Cambodia and Thailand were (yet again) at war back in 2008 for a territorial dispute… Soldiers on both sides died for a piece of land of 4,7Km2. But it is not just about the land. The stunning Preah Vihear temple, dating from the 10th and 11th century and with a distinct Angkorian architecture, is perched […]
Three nights and four days in Singapore on a family holiday: long hours walking on sidewalks without obstacles, zapping along on an smooth public transportation system, going from one attraction to another and lava-hot credit cards. Singapore is impressively efficient. All the pictures are taken with the Fuji X100S… The lens doesn’t have the sharpness […]
Or as they say here: ‘suos sdey chnam thmey’… Here are a few photographs of Khmer New Year celebrations over the years… And here is a set I did last year on Bokor Mountain…
This happens twice a year, at Pchum Benh and for Khmer New Year: Phnom Penh comes to a standstill as it little by little empties itself from its inhabitants who join their families at their birthplace for the celebrations (see also here)… Needless to say that these population movements contribute generously to the already apalling […]
On May 17th, 19 photographs from the ‘Better Factories’ story (see here) will be exhibited, printed on 2,2 x 4 meters canvases, on the walls of the French Embassy in Phnom Penh to mark the 20th anniversary of AFD’s (Agence Française de Développement) presence in Cambodia. An e-book, called ‘A Fine Thread’, might be released […]
Other performances not to be missed in the series of events and exhibitions of ‘Season of Cambodia‘ brought to New York by ‘Cambodian Living Arts’ are the master class and the concert given by Kong Nay playing the chapey and singing Khmer poems with a raspy voice. At times it is as if the Mississipi […]